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[Jonathan Whatley]

fwiw, the American Council on Education lists a large number of CSUs who have joined the -College-and-University-Network.aspx" target="_blank" class="mycode_url">ACE CREDITÂ College and University Network, agreeing to "consider ACE credit recommendations for transfer to degree programs."

In cases like this in large organizations it seems common that one hand may not know what the other does.

[Jonathan Whatley]

Credit for Instruction in Non-Collegiate Settings

CSU grants undergraduate degree credit for successful completion of non-collegiate instruction appropriate to the baccalaureate, either military or civilian, as recommended by the Commission on Educational Credit and Credentials of the American Council on Education (ACE). The number of units allowed are those recommended in the Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experience in the Armed Services and the National Guide to Educational Credit for Training Programs. Purely technical lower division coursework may not receive baccalaureate credit.

California State University: Troops to College: Transferring Academic Credit

Now, it's possible that this provision is only made for military-related personnel. Though, the main page for "Troops to College" does say the program is addressed to active duty, veteran, and military spouses and family. And the passage above explicitly includes "military or civilian" non-collegiate credit recommended by ACE.

They might have determined that this or any Straighterline course specifically wasn't "appropriate to the baccalaureate." But there certainly seems to be provision here for CSUs to accept ACE credit recommendations, explicitly including credit from civilian sources.

[humboldtjake]

How hard is the Freshman Composition CLEP? If its not too difficult, I would have no objection taking it rather than doing another course.

[sanantone]

In cases like this in large organizations it seems common that one hand may not know what the other does.

I could most certainly believe this. I was able to contact a department at a community college and get the chairperson to accept credit that the main evaluators of the Alamo College system would not accept. Anyway, like I said before, Straighterline was going off of reports from students. That is not lying.

[publius2k4]

How hard is the Freshman Composition CLEP? If its not too difficult, I would have no objection taking it rather than doing another course.

If you've already taken and passed the straighterline course, you should be able to take the college composition CLEP with no problem.

I do think that it's kind of strange for a school to accept CLEP but not straighterline.

[Jonathan Whatley]

I do think that it's kind of strange for a school to accept CLEP but not straighterline.

This is actually common. CLEP is accepted more widely than Straighterline.