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\nAccreditor Policies on  \nCredit for Prior Learning (CPL)  \nGuidance on CPL Provided by the Formerly Regional Accreditors, Career-Based Accreditors, and Faith-Related Accreditors  \nREBECCA KLEIN-COLLINS  \n[cael.org](cael.org)  \nTable of Contents  \nInstitutional Accrediting Bodies and Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) ......................................................... 3  \nGuidance to the Accreditors: The Joint Statement on the Transfer and Award of Credit ............................. 5  \nSummary of the Formerly Regional Accreditor CPL Policies ....................................................................... 7  \nFormerly Regional Accreditor CPL Policies .................................................................................................. 10  \nHigher Learning Commission (HLC) ..................................................................................................... 10  \nMiddle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) ............................................................... 13  \nNew England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) ................................................................. 17  \nNorthwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) ...................................................... 20  \nSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) ................... 22  \nWestern Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)– Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) ............................................................. 24  \nThe Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC)..................................... 27  \nSummary of CPL Policies of Other Accrediting Bodies .............................................................................. 30  \nFinal Notes ....................................................................................................................................................... 33  \nAppendix A. CAEL’s Ten Standards for Assessing Learning ....................................................................... 34  \nAppendix B. Details on CPL Policies of Career-Related, Faith-Related, and Other Accreditors ............ 35  \nCareer-Related and Other Accreditors................................................................................................. 35  \nFaith-Related Accreditors ...................................................................................................................... 38  \n[www.cael.org](www.cael.org)  \nGuidance on CPL Provided by the Formerly Regional Accreditors, Career-Based Accreditors, and Faith-Related Accreditors  \n2  \nA CA EL RESEARCH REPORT  \nACCREDITOR  \nPOLICIES ON CPL  \nA CA EL RESEARCH REPORT  \nACCREDITOR  \nPOLICIES ON CPL  \nmilitary training, non-college   \nInstitutional Accrediting Bodies and Guidance on CPL Provided by the  \nFormerly Regional Accreditors,  \nCredit for Prior Learning (CPL)  \nCareer-Based Accreditors, and  \nFaith-Related Accreditors  \nPostsecondary institutions have a number of decisions to make in designing Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) offerings, including the specific assessment options they make available to students, how assessments of prior learning are administered, what  \nto charge for CPL, how to maintain high academic standards, and so on. States,  \nCredit for Prior Learning  \nsystems, and private entities like CAEL offer important guidance on these matters (CPL) is the term used for the  \n(please see the examples in the sidebar on page 4) . Perhaps more importantly, various ways in which higher both public and private institutions also turn to their accrediting organizations education institutions and  \nfor CPL guidance. other organizations assess an  \nindividual’s extra-institutional learning for the purposes  \nIn 2014, CAEL published a report that described how each of the seven formerly  \nof granting college credit,  \nregional accrediting bodies addressed CPL in t","cbCaimNwFMQOjx4h","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimNwFMQOjx4h","pdf",5150526,"English","# Institutional Accrediting Bodies and Credit for Prior Learning (CPL)\n## Guidance to the Accreditors: The Joint Statement on the Transfer and Award of Credit\n## Summary of the Formerly Regional Accreditor CPL Policies\n## Formerly Regional Accreditor CPL Policies\n## Summary of CPL Policies of Other Accrediting Bodies\n## Final Notes\n## Appendix A. CAEL’s Ten Standards for Assessing Learning\n## Appendix B. 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