It is responsive to the economic and academic accountability to meet adult educational needs. The assessment of prior learning acknowledges the changing concepts of what constitutes legitimate learning and the characteristics of an educated person. Through this assessment, the university furthers the idea of education as a continuum and embraces, rather than excludes, the vast potentialities for human development. Employers look to the assessment of experiential learning to credential and advance their most talented technical and skilled staff. BIS graduates whose transcripts include credit for experiential learning have the same opportunities in career and educational goals as traditional degree holders.
Success stories are frequent in our program in both areas.
Forty per cent of BIS graduates have gone on to complete graduate programs. Several have completed doctorates. Of those BIS students who have graduated since 1990, approximately sixty per cent prepared portfolios of experiential learning in a wide spectrum of disciplines, earning an average of 28.6 credits.