Check out page 21 of this DETC document? http://www.detc.org/downloads/2005%20Outstanding%20Grad%20&%20Fam%20Alumni.pdf Any truth to this? Will they take Ashworth, Penn Foster &/or PCDI credit?
I believe you are referring to the comments by Jaime Gauthier, a Columbia Southern U grad. I imagine if Excelsior does change their NA acceptance policy, it would apply to the NA schools you have mentioned as well. I imagine Jaime himself can probably answer better than any of us. Take care, Abner
I don't know if there is any truth to this. What I do know is that Excelsior will accept ACE approved courses which would include some courses from Penn Foster. From the Liberal Arts Catalog under the "Sources of Undergraduate Credit" section. "College-level credit from any degree granting institution accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) that also has been approved and recommended by the American Council on Education's (ACE) College Credit Recommendation Service will be applicable."
"Drafting guidelines"... I seem to remember them claiming this for, oh, five or six months now. Don't hold your breath!
Yes, Excelsior will accept credits from schools like Penn Foster if the course has been approved by ACE. I do not know about future policy. However, I do know from experience that Excelsior will take credits from DETC schools who are candidates for regional accreditation. Excelsior accepted all of my Education Direct/Penn Foster units because Ed Direct was a candidate for regional accreditation at the time I earned and transferred my units. Unfortunately, Penn Foster has abandoned their bid to become regionally accredited.
Changes in transfer credit policy do happen. Here at Southeastern, I spoke with the Dean about our policy of not accepting transfer credit from nationally accredited schools. As a result, we changed the policy, and will now consider courses from nationally accredited schools where the student received an A or B. (We'll take a C from a regionally accredited school.) I know, I usually advise people to avoid nationally accredited schools when there's a regionally accredited alternative, almost to the point of "RA or no way". I think this shows, however, that I don't believe that people don't actually learn things at nationally accredited schools. -=Steve=-