ACE vs NCCRS: Anyone know why a provider choose one over the other?

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From what I could determine, the costs were pretty comparable. However, both organizations are pretty good about obscuring costs and being vague about timeframes and such wich would drastically change total cost.

It would be interesting if someone from a place like saylor or study.com, which have been through both org's review processes, could share some insight, but they probably have better things to do than entertain my curiosity

I did dig into that, and I came up with a similar perspective.  The costs are there, on both websites, but you have to wade through a bunch of stuff to read it.  If I remember correctly, it was something like 10-15K to have your institution apply, and something like 3-5K for each course. Plus, there is a renewal fee per-course that is spendy (2-3K).  These numbers are from memory, so ballpark.  But I came away with the idea that the costs were pretty close.  And if that's the case... it still isn't clear why anyone would go with NCCRS, unless, as suggested, they are less rigorous and the provider wants that.

And yes, it would be fun if we could get a real answer instead of conjecture. But I'm sure SDC and Saylor have more important things to do than answer questions out of idle curiosity. :

As for the University of the State of New York thing, I stand by what I originally said to an extent... before Exclsior was Excelsior, it was Regents College. And before it was Regents College it was called... The University of the State of New York, not to be confused with SUNY. It was when it was spun off and became a separate nonprofit that it took the Regents and then Excelsior name. (And yes, NY certainly has some odd names.)  But the school was not really USNY, it was the school that was a part of USNY, which as I understand it, is not actually a school at all, but "The Regents of the University of the State of New York"  And on the NCCRS page, right in their logo, it says "The University of the State of New York."

None of that remotely makes any sense to me.  But then, neither does going with NCCRS when ACE seems to cost a very similar amount.