New CLEP test center in Europe

The Webster University in Geneva, Switzerland is now an open CLEP test center. Though, they are booked up through the end of January, 2004.
The Webster University in Austria is also listed among the international CLEP test centers. There is no information, however, whether they are an open or a limited test center.


Dennis Siemens

 

Hi Dennis,

If you don't mind, I have a few questions about CLEP in Europe.

Is CLEP increasing in popularity in Europe?

Are the CLEP tests in English?

Is an increasingly global economy, with English much its lingua franca, a prime reason for European interest?

 

In fact I don't know whether CLEP is increasing in popularity in Europe. The CLEP exams are of interest mainly to those Europeans who consider to go to university in the US as well as those who are enrolled in external US degree programs, like myself. There has been a shortage of CLEP testing centers for years. In fact in recent times the CLEP testing center in London was the only one in Europe. The exams are completety in English(they are the same as administered in the US); in fact even American English is preserved; on the testing instructions sheet on my table in London it mentioned "scratch paper"( the Brits and the rest of the English world usually use scribble or scrap of paper) . To boot, the institutions that administer CLEP exams are usually more or less affiliated with American educational institutions( MST-College in London has been working together with TESC and Webster University is an American institution).


Hope this answers your question to a certain degree,

Dennis

 

Yes, thank you for the answers.

I wonder at the business possibilities for some enterprising person to set up a testing center in Europe. Charging small fees for the service of providing a place to take a variety of exams might make for a good business.

 

It would likely be a winner if Europe has many exams of its own. Consider the success of the Sylvan/Prometric centers here in the US.

 

CLEP

Now that the paper-based CLEPs have been discontinued, it is necessary to go to a College board-approved site with secure computer facilities.

These tend to be at American-linked institutions, sometimes in surprising places such as French-speaking Tunisia. The University of Hull in England is a testing centre (sorry center).

I understand that CLEP's offered at various military bases by a peripatetic examiner, armed with a CLEP-loaded laptop. Does anyone have any information on this?

Another option is that some colleges (particularly community colleges) allow students to "challenge" courses by taking the examinations without classroom attendance and then get the appropriate credit. The college may may stipulate that the credit is only good at that institution. Ohio University, for example, used to grant such challenge credit and allow it to be transcripted out. However care has to be taken as to how the credits are transcripted, as otherwise they may not readily transfer to other institutions.

 

Now that the College Board has abandoned paper-based tests, CLEP tests can only be taken at approved sites with secure computer facilities.

Outside the US, these are very thin on the ground, but exist in such diverse places as (Arabic and French-speaking) Tunisia in North Africa and at the University of Hull in NE England.

I understand that CLEP tests can be administered at military bases by a peripatetic examiner armed with a CLEP-loaded laptop. I would be interested to hear more about this provision and whether it can be made available to non-military personnel.