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Mission

The Adult Learning Center (ALC) mission is to empower students to develop skills that are necessary to become responsible citizens; to instill the desire for learning; and to foster a caring environment which promotes habits of mutual respect and honesty and that values diversity and creativity.

ALC’s mission is realized through the aid and opportunities we provide to students who want to earn a high school diploma, learn the English language, and through the many other types of training we provide; focused on enabling Alaskans to secure jobs, dignified incomes and achieve their life goals.

ALC admits students of any race, color, gender, national, or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, veteran status, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

History

ALC was created by staff from the University of Alaska (UAA) Adult Learning Center, which operated from 1954-2004. ALC has been in operation since 2004, and became a non-profit in 2008. Our most popular service is our high school completion program, which provides the opportunity for adult students (of any age) to complete their high school requirements and receive a diploma. We also have a very active English as a Second Language (ESL) program, computer training program, and post-secondary exempt classes program. ALC has graduated countless high school graduates, and prepared others for completion of their GED (High School Equivalency). And every year we have students receive their U.S. Citizenship.

ALC is accredited with Cognia Global Commission, Accreditation of Schools and Colleges through 2030 and Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education through 2029.
ALC has an Exemption from Authorization to Operate a Postsecondary Educational Institution as of AS14.48 per regulation 20AAC17.015 (a)(6) until July 2029.

While ALC is based in Anchorage, our Adult Learning Center Online (ALCO) system has allowed us to expand the geographic areas in which we provide our services; extending our services to all of rural Alaska and the rest of the state. This ability is particularly important during pandemics (COVID-19, for example), due to the diminished ability for, and safety concerns associated with, intrastate travel. For example, we are able to offer the opportunity for rural Alaskans who did not complete their high school diploma to do so, affordably and at the pace their job, hunting, fishing and adult life allows. With a founder and President who spent the better part of two decades teaching in rural Alaska, it is especially important to ALC that no Alaskans and no regions are left behind, especially during difficult times.

Executive Staff

Dr. Elizabeth Kane, Ed.D.

President, ALC
Principal, ALC High School

David Asi

Vice President, ALC
Treasurer, ALC

Roselynn Cacy, MBA

Director of Programs, ALC

Norma Wadsworth

Director of Spanish Programs, ALC