A survey was conducted of persons who had taken the College Level Examination Program General Examinations during the previous four years to obtain their reactions to the CLEP Program and the concepts of "degree by examination." Two questionnaires (one sent to those who had requested that their scores be sent to colleges and one to those…

In the 1960s, credit-by-examination was promoted as a way to broaden access to college. In 1971, Ewald Nyquist, Commissioner of Education in the Regents system of New York, proposed that the Educational Testing Service offer a degree based entirely on performance on examinations. Although a few institutions theoretically offer such degrees, in…