The Coalition of Lifelong Learning Organizations
COLLO was started decades ago as a coalition of organizations working to advance adult and lifelong learning. We have brought together leaders of these organizations to advance knowledge, find common ground, and take collective action to benefit adult learners in areas like access, cost, and removal of barriers to participation in education at all levels.
With the growing importance of adult and continuing education to the United States, COLLO provides a forum for:
- exchanging information among member organizations
- building cooperation and collaborative action among member organizations
- developing, maintaining, and improving lifelong learning, adult, and continuing education throughout the United States and internationally
- reviewing new adult and continuing education programs, national policy, and innovative examples of the use of technology
- promoting the best practices of adult, continuing education and lifelong learning
COLLO has achieved these goals through awareness building, advocacy, input on and support of legislation at the state and national levels and in collective action where consensus can be achieved.
Member Organizations
- Alpha Sigma Lambda ( www.alphasigmalambda.org )
- The American Association for Adult & Continuing Education (AAACE) ( www.aaace.org )
- American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) ( www.aarp.org )
- American Council on Education (ACE) ( www.acenet.edu )
- American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC) ( www.adec.edu )
- Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) ( www.acheinc.org )
- Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE) ( www.coabe.org )
- Council for Adult & Experential Learning (CAEL) ( www.cael.org )
- Kentucky Association of Continung Higher Education (KACHE)
- Learning Resources Network (LERN) ( www.lern.org )
- Missouri Association for Adult Continuing and Community Education (MAACCE) ( www.maacce.org )
- Mountain Plains Adult Education Association (MPAEA) ( www.mpaea.org )
- Mountain Valley Adult Education Association ( www.mvaea.org )
- National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium ( www.naepdc.org )
- National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs (NAASLN) ( www.naasln.org )
- Ohio Association for Adult and Continuing Education (OAACE) ( www.oaace.org )
- SUNY Association of Summer Sessions
