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FUTURE READY OREGON UPDATE
October 25, 2022
Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission
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HECC Future Ready Oregon Grants Awarded to 19 Public Institutions to Expand Credit for Prior Learning
The HECC continues to award funds and implement strategies as part of the comprehensive Future Ready Oregon investment package (Senate Bill 1545, 2022), supporting education and training that leads to employment and family-wage careers, and prioritizing Oregon’s historically underserved and vulnerable communities. We are pleased to report that after receiving applications from Oregon community colleges and public universities to expand what is known as Oregon’s Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) Program, all 19 institutions that applied were recently awarded Future Ready Oregon funds totaling $10 million.
The $10 million Future Ready Oregon investment in Credit for Prior Learning is one-time funding to increase opportunities for students from priority populations to receive academic credit for prior experience or skills gained outside of traditional higher education institutions. Such academic credits will count toward a credential that provides a pathway to employment or career advancement. Most grantees are focused on expanding CPL, creating transparent systems, increasing staff capacity to support CPL students, and the creation/distribution of marketing materials to engage priority populations. View the full list of recipients below or in the CPL grantee document attached here.
In the long term, activities implemented under this grant program are expected to improve prior learning assessment practices in Oregon’s public higher education institutions and increase the number of students receiving CPL. CPL works with other Future Ready Oregon programs that build on existing successes while advancing transformational change, connecting Oregonians to the postsecondary credentials needed to prepare for a future of increasingly complex work.
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Learn more about Future Ready Oregon on our website:
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