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Credit-Granting Practices for Extrainstitutional Learning in Postsecondary Education Institutions: Report of a Survey.
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Cangialosi, Judith – College and University, 1981
A national survey reported on institutional practices in awarding credits for extrainstitutional learning. Results reveal that 98 percent of respondents award credit for extrainstitutional learning, with credit-by-examination, general exam, institutionally developed exams, College Board placement exams, and others used, in that descending order.…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Credits, Educational Policy, Equivalency Tests
Credit By CLEP: A Disconcerting Look At A Good Idea
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Archer, J. Andrew; Nickens, Harry C. – Community/Junior College Research Quarterly, 1977
Virginia Western Community College reviewed its policy concerning the grant of academic credit for successful completion of CLEP general examinations, finding that the CLEP examinations were questionable in terms of content validity, produced low correlations with subsequent course grades, and were not always acceptable for transfer credit at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, Community Colleges, Content Analysis
Credit by Examination Comes of Age: Implications of AP and CLEP for Colleges, Schools, and Students. Report of the Colloguium on Credit by Examination (University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, March 7-9, 1979).
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. – 1980
This book is based on a national invitational colloquium that took place in March, 1979, at the University of Wisconsin--Madison. The colloquium was sponsored by the College Board in cooperation with the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) of the Big Ten Universities and the University of Chicago. It afforded an opportunity for…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Credits, Cost Effectiveness, Educational History
The Servicemen's Opportunity College Program: An Evaluation. Research Memorandum No. 74-14.
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Casserly, Patricia Lund – 1974
Educational Testing Service studied the Servicemen's Opportunity College (SOC) Program at nine different military installations and their surrounding SOC colleges. Members of the Armed Forces (stratified by sex, age, years in service, and rank) were interviewed regarding their educational background, decision to enter the service, reasons for…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, College Credits, College Programs, Educational Opportunities