Advertisement on this site maybe misleading?

I see advertising on this site that states Degree entirely by exam and transfer credit.
It lists some universities and colleges but most if not all of them have residency requirements.

Maybe I'm missing something?

 

Hi Lerner,

I certainly have no idea, but I expect that the most salient question is whether or not those institutions require coursework in addition to exams. The ads make no claim that I see as to a specific form of exam (CLEP, DANTES, etc.); an institution-specific exam is still an exam.

Tom

 

Who owns Degreeinfo now?

 

Chip owns Degree Info. I'm reporting this thread into the moderator area and it should then be seen by Chip. Hopefully, we can have some answers for you soon.

Moderators, such as myself, have no access to the advertising. I don't think any of us even look at that. I'll post to this thread as soon as I know something.

 

I thought that Charter Oak and possibly TESC had no residency requirements, and Excelsior only recently instituted a requirement that a single specific course be completed through them.

 

I believe Charter Oak added a capstone or cornerstone (or both). I believe that EC allows you to transfer in that 1 credit Information Literacy course that they require, I'm sure I've seen others use Penn Foster for that purpose. So, while the course at EC is required, I do believe that wouldn't technically be a "residency requirement." TESC is still a no residency RA state college! It's a stretch to imply that you can test out of your degree...you can test out of a "few" of the degrees offered...depends on what you want. It's possible, however, to test out of all your gen eds at the big 3 (not English at EC) which is really still the best deal around. Additionally, people seeking associate degrees should check their community colleges, MANY are liberal with CLEP policy, and allow testing out of 25, 50, or even 75% of the degree. (if you know where to look and how to read between the lines).

 

Answer for this thread Chip will be pulling those ads soon and agrees that they have become incorrect. Will be fixed shortly.

 

Last time I checked EC requires now 12 credit hours for Bachelors degree to be completed at EC.
I think COSC has two capstone that are 6 units and TESC also has some residency requirement to complete some classes via TESC.

All DETC schools allow only up to 75% of credit to be transferred, challenged , etc.
I don't think there is a college or university in US that offers by exam and transfer credit only based degrees.

But with the big 3 ones its close to this if the credit is not t old, RA and at some case RA + PA accredited.

 

EC requires 12 credits? How so? They only require 4 that can't be tested out of that I am aware of. And I'm pretty sure TESC still has 100% test out degrees.