CLEP drops 6 credit accounting exam, replaces with 3 credit exam

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  1. james_lankford

    james_lankford New Member

    james_lankford, Mar 31, 2006
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  2. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Interesting:

    "The equivalent to a one-semester course, Financial Accounting will replace the Principles of Accounting exam, which currently covers two semesters of knowledge—Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting."

    Hopefully they'll also offer one in Managerial Accounting, then.

    -=Steve=-
     
    SteveFoerster, Mar 31, 2006
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  3. tscalzitti

    tscalzitti New Member

    Well that makes sense as a for profit company. This and the changes to the algebra/trig exam fit together.
    If they are really looking to increase revenue they should create some upper level tests and go head to head with DSST.
     
    tscalzitti, Mar 31, 2006
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  4. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    They're not a for profit company. CLEP is a service of the non-profit College Board. I suppose they often act pretty commercial, though....

    -=Steve=-
     
    SteveFoerster, Mar 31, 2006
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  5. aic712

    aic712 Member

    They definitely do act commercial...they market the hell out of their Official CLEP guide book when there are much better study guides out there. They also sell exam reviews in a PDF for $10 when you can get the whole book of 20+ exams for $20 bucks or less.
     
    aic712, Mar 31, 2006
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  6. tscalzitti

    tscalzitti New Member

    That was my point, hard to do sarcasm on the web.

    They do act like a for profit - but sometimes the only difference is how well you run your business :)

    I do think their tests set a base line for many topics, and I would really like them to cover a few more upper level while they are at it.
     
    tscalzitti, Mar 31, 2006
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