Rebecca Klein-Collins

Rebecca Klein-Collins is the director of research for the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, or CAEL, overseeing the organization's research in topics related to workforce development policy and practice, lifelong learning, and prior learning assessment. She recently completed a study of more than 62,000 adult students at 48 colleges and universities, comparing the academic outcomes of students with credit for prior learning to students without such credit.

Klein-Collins holds a bachelor's degree in history and German from Grinnell College, and a master's degree from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy.