Navigating Your Way Through the Implementation of a Credit for Life Experience Program

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Navigating Your Way Through the Implementation of
a Credit for Life Experience Program

• James M. Ritter, Ph.D.
• Director, Undergraduate Student Services
• Youngstown State University
• Williamson College of Business Administration

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BACKGROUND

• Request for a PLA program
• WCBA
• Council for Adult Experiential Learning
  (CAEL)/DePaul University

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DEANS ADVISORY COUNCIL

• Example
• Portfolio Review
• Payment
• Supplemental contract
• Course Limit
• Declaration of Intent
• Reasons for choosing PLA courses
• Timeframe
• Syllabi
• Consistency
• Fully developed

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PORTFOLIO CONTENT

• Introduction
• Chronology
• Goal Statements
• Credit Request List
• Documentation

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INTRODUCTION

• Statements referencing
• Intention to receive credit
• Time span of working career
• Documentation provided

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CHRONOLOGY

• Life Span
• Birth current
• All aspects
• Identify possible areas of credit

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GOAL STATEMENTS

• Educational goals
• Macro
• Micro
• Career goals
• Long term
• Short term

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CREDIT REQUEST LIST

• List of courses for which the student is seeking
  credit

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DOCUMENTATION

• Balance Sheets and Income Statements
• Prepared Income Tax Returns
• Advertising Campaigns
• Sales calls procedures
• Handbooks
• Business Plans

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TEST CASE

• Success is critical
• Tony
• Attended Vassar College
• Worked on Wall Street
• CEO of small brokerage firm
• Taking courses for personal/professional growth
• Investment Analysis course

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TEST CASE (continued)

• Met with Chair
• Background
• Selected preliminary finance courses
• Identified instructors