§ 69963 Work-Based Academic Credit

• •Colleges should create programs where students can earn school credit for work experience.
• •This work experience must be related to what they are studying.
• •The goal is to help students learn real-world skills while getting credit for their degree.

A student studying computer science gets a part-time job as a junior programmer.

The college may give the student school credit for the skills they learn at this job, as long as the job is related to their studies.