By: katisumas
Badgers? You mean those cute little animals that make dams in streams? hmmm (sorry, I couldn’t resist….)
View ArticleBy: jamesebryan
I don’t get it. Beavers make dams in streams, and badgers aren’t exactly cute and in fact are critters you don’t want to disturb if you can avoid it.
View ArticleBy: MarjoryMunson
It took them so long to formalize this! They were doing some preliminary work on the idea when I attended UW-Madison in 1953-54. At the beginning of Econ 101, they administered a test equivalent to a...
View ArticleBy: dacostabartley
Will definitely manage costs and provide some motivation for the continuing education grail. Generally speaking this is good work.
View ArticleBy: Art Marquardt
Have the diplomas granted by those institutions received acceptance as equal to a UW diploma? Are they being offered at a in state university price point? Has the UW system publicised the ability to do...
View ArticleBy: mbelvadi
The article mentions AP, but no one is mentioning CLEP. Is that dead, so far as reputable institutions are concerned? If not, perhaps an expansion of CLEP, perhaps managed by non-profits, would be a...
View ArticleBy: haohtt
I’m not dissing the UW folks at all. Far from it. As I said, I applaud them. I only state that other universities (including state universities) have been doing prior learning assessment and testing...
View ArticleBy: haohtt
CLEP and DANTES/DSST are vital programs whose exams are accepted by thousands of colleges and univerisites. You are correct to mention them.
View ArticleBy: pigpen892
The Kentucky Community and Technical College System implemented a sophisticated method for delivering modularized, competency-based programs of study about 4 years ago. The modules break down courses...
View ArticleBy: cd4ed
Don’t loose sight here. Doesn’t matter if it’s repackaged — this is a way to get college “drop-outs,” to be completers (sp?).
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