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Klein, Jillian – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2017
In July 2014, the U.S. Department of Education announced a new round of experimental sites focusing on competency-based education. Capella University was selected to participate in three of the Department of Education's competency-based education (CBE) experiments and began by implementing the prior learning assessment experiment, which allows…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Competency Based Education, Student Financial Aid, Federal Legislation
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Simone, Sean Anthony – National Center for Education Statistics, 2014
The federal government invests billions of dollars in grants and loans to help students access and complete postsecondary education. Federal policymakers, therefore, have had a continuing interest in understanding the ability of students to transfer credits between postsecondary institutions. In 2005, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and…
Descriptors: College Credits, College Transfer Students, Transfer Policy, Colleges
Lee, John B.; Clery, Suzanne B. – 1997
This report examines institutional aid awards for postsecondary education students for the academic year 1992-93, relating institutions students attended and student characteristics to receipt and size of institutional award. Data is based on the 1992-93 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study. Highlights include the following: (1) Institutional…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Educational Finance, Grants