Monday Afternoon Plenary
Session 1: Recognition Is Retention: CPL, Microcredentials and Catalysts for Learning Mobility
What if your institution could boost retention, accelerate degree completion, and restore trust in higher education, all by recognizing what students already know? Dr. Westrick will share how Morgan State University has built, launched, and reimagined learning mobility through credit for prior learning (CPL), including revisions to university policy, and the development of a digital credentials ecosystem to support all learners in verifiable skill development. She will share the strategies used to build a campus-wide network of innovators who see learning mobility as essential to equity and higher education's public good mission. You will leave this session with tangible actions necessary to build a system on your campus where experience counts, skills are verified, and every learner can move forward without starting over.
Session 2: Successes and Challenges With Learning Mobility: A Student’s View
Sharing her personal experience with learning mobility, Ansari will discuss the importance of clarity, compassion, and creativity when engaging with students to ensure their academic, professional, and personal success. As a transfer student, Ansari will review institutional changes she aided in enforcing while encouraging further changes that are needed for both transfer and non-transfer students.