Even as PLA has become a more regular feature of higher education; even as PLA and its myriad practices have been recognized as a legitimate way to acknowledge college-level learning regardless of the origins of that learning, the question of quality cannot disappear. Detractors have always questioned the academic viability of PLA, but even those of us who have championed its cause have to take responsibility for regularly grappling with the important issues of quality assurance and accountability that emerge in every aspect of our PLA work.

The second issue of PLAIO focuses on a range of issues, problems and questions concerning quality assurance and accountability.

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