larryk@tektronix.UUCP (Larry Kohn) (04/04/84)
Another way to get some courses out of the way is through the COLLEGE
LEVEL EXAMINATION PROGRAM (CLEP). When I finish my BBA at the University
of Portland (OR), I will have credit for 9 courses through CLEP. My cost
savings will be about $2,700., plus a lot of time saved.
CLEP offers testing in five general areas (English Comp., Humanities,
Math., Natural Science, and Social Sciences and History). Thirty subject
exams (i.e., Foreign Languages, Math., Business) are also given.
High School grads who took advanced courses should be able to use CLEP.
Adults can get recognition for knowledge acquired in different ways. If one
needs to brush up on (or learn) a subject, review books and programmed in-
struction courses are available. PI courses can be better than classroom
lecture/discussion for acquiring and retaining knowledge in some subjects.
You can get more information from college catalogs or administrators, or
by writing to: COLLEGE BOARD PUBLICATIONS; Box 886; New York, N.Y. 10101.