WICHE's new brief, “Strategies for Success: Promising Ideas in Adult College Completion,” is the first of a series focusing on promising new ideas and innovative practices developed through the Adult College Completion (ACC) Network. ACC, funded by Lumina Foundation, is a step toward the foundation’s “big goal” of having 60 percent of the adult population attain a degree or certificate of value by 2025. The network works to find ways to reengage adults who’ve left college without finishing, helping them to return to school and earn their degrees. The brief addresses five topics of importance to those working to improve adult college completion: data availability particular to the returning adult population; partnerships between employers and higher education institutions; communications and marketing campaigns to reach and reengage adults with prior college credit; transfer credits; and prior-learning assessment. It also details the themes raised during a recent meeting of more than 35 organizations, state agencies, postsecondary institutions, and others spearheading adult completion projects.

“Badges” are an emerging phenomenon in higher education: an alternative means of demonstrating that someone’s competent in a particular area (with verification by a subject-matter expert), as well as a way to show this competency to others, such as potential employers. WCET recently launched “Who’s Got Class?” – a game that explores the world of badges and games for learning. Open to all WCET institutional members (parts of it can be played by nonmembers, as well), “Who’s Got Class?” will run until October 31, with prizes awarded at the WCET annual meeting in San Antonio (October 31-November 3).

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