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ELI Web Seminar, February 6, 2006 1:00 p.m. EST (12:00 p.m. CST, 11:00 a.m. MST, 10:00 a.m. PST); runs one hour The Adult LearnerSpecial Guest
Pam Tate is nationally and internationally recognized for her work in adult learning and workforce development and their vital relationship to the future of the economy. She facilitates the development of workforce education and training programs among educational institutions, business, labor, and government. She is also known for assisting colleges and universities to establish systems of prior learning assessment and quality assurance in adult learning programs. Tate has been directly involved with the design and implementation of CAEL's tuition assistance management and workforce learning programs since 1986. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with masters' degrees in both English and Journalism and completed her doctoral coursework at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School of Communications. In 1996, Tate was acknowledged for a career devoted to expanding lifelong educational opportunities for adults with the Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa, conferred by SUNY Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, New York.
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