CAEL
Elizabeth Brandes has vast experience in marketing and communications. Elizabeth has held leadership positions in various companies, including CAEL, Student Connections, Strada Education Network, Sallie Mae, and Chase. In their roles, they have managed teams, developed marketing strategies, and overseen branding, digital marketing, market research, and advertising efforts. Elizabeth has also been involved in international business development and has experience in the education loan industry. Prior to their career in the private sector, they held an internship at the German Bundestag.
Elizabeth Brandes has a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in Germanic Studies and French from Indiana University Bloomington. Elizabeth also has a Master of Arts degree in Germanic Languages & Literatures from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In addition, they participated in an undergraduate overseas study program at the University of Hamburg, where they studied German, French, and Political Science. Elizabeth also completed graduate work in German Language and Literature at the University of Regensburg. Furthermore, they have obtained several certifications from the American Management Association, including AMA Business Boot Camp, Certificate of Completion in AMA's 5-Day MBA, Certificate of Completion in AMA's Comprehensive Project Management Workshop, Certificate of Completion in Best Practices for the Multi-Project Manager, Certificate of Completion in Critical Thinking, Certificate of Completion in Essentials of Project Management, Certificate of Completion in Improving Your Project Management Skills, Certificate of Completion in Strategic Planning, Certificate of Completion in Strategic Project Management, Certificate of Completion in Strategy Execution: Getting It Done, and Fundamentals of Marketing.
CAEL
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CAEL was founded to help organizations succeed by providing expertise, resources, and solutions that effectively support adult learners as they navigate on- and off-ramps between education and employment. We partner with entities across the adult learner ecosystem to help create actionable career pathways along the journey of lifelong learning and meaningful work. Our Vision Every adult can navigate lifelong learning and career pathways that fuel social mobility and community prosperity. Our Mission CAEL engages with educators, employers, and community leaders to align learning and work so that adults achieve academic and career success and their communities benefit from broad economic growth. Our History CAEL was founded in 1974 on the principle that adult learners should be met where they are and that their experience in getting there can create college-level learning. It may be hard to imagine today, but at the time, adult learners were on the sidelines of postsecondary education. Largely overlooked within the “first time, full time” mindset that prevailed then, they were expected to fit their schedules around what higher ed had to offer, not the other way around. As CAEL led a paradigm shift toward recognized learning and became a catalyst for increasing the quality of postsecondary education for all students. To complement its pioneering work to support adult learners and learning recognition, in the 1990s CAEL expanded its mission to include workforce development and the mutually beneficial links between curricula and careers that are so vital to the success of learners and the communities they live and work in. Through collaboration with educators, employers, and community leaders, CAEL’s nonprofit mission has become a national movement. Today, CAEL supports adult learner success at at more than 300 postsecondary institutions, employers, and government agencies in the U.S. and abroad.