Difference between ACE and NCCRS?

[katelynn]

Can someone give me a brief explanation of NCCRS? All the courses I've been taking are ACE approved and that's really all I look for in a course, as I know ACE will work for TESU and that's what I'm comfortable with. However, there's a Study.com course I plan on taking that's only NCCRS approved (if that's even how you would phrase it) and I need to know how I would use that. If I can't put it on my ACE transcript, where do I keep it? I'm assuming I'd have to order a transcript from Study.com but I want to be sure.

[MNomadic]

NCCRS is like ACE in that they can give courses "recommendation" for college credit(which colleges can accept or not). The main difference is that ACE will produce a "master transcript" for you of all your ACE credits, whereas NCCRS will not. So an NCCRS course provider is required to produce your transcript and send it to your college or other institution. TESU accepts both just fine. Since it is a SDC course, you are required to have SDC send your transcript to TESU, anyway.

[jsd]

I’d add that NCCRS is far less recognized than ACE, but the Big 3 recognize both so that’s not as much of an issue for most of our purposes here

[dfrecore]

I think that WGU doesn't take NCCRS, but does take ACE - at least, that's what I've heard.

I would say that for Study.com, it's probably not going to be a problem. But there are companies have ended up closing up shop, and anyone who took a course there would most likely lose out if that course was NCCRS. If you can't get ahold of the company to send a transcript, you're kind of screwed. But if the course was ACE, and you had added it to your transcript at the time, you're fine. It stays in the ACE database, and on your transcript, no matter what happens to the individual company.

[katelynn]

I think that WGU doesn't take NCCRS, but does take ACE - at least, that's what I've heard.

I would say that for Study.com, it's probably not going to be a problem.  But there are companies have ended up closing up shop, and anyone who took a course there would most likely lose out if that course was NCCRS.  If you can't get ahold of the company to send a transcript, you're kind of screwed.  But if the course was ACE, and you had added it to your transcript at the time, you're fine.  It stays in the ACE database, and on your transcript, no matter what happens to the individual company.

The course I'm considering is through Study.com, so I think I'll be good. I have to send TESU my Study.com transcript anyway, so the NCCRS credit shouldn't be an extra hassle to deal with.

[kietro]

I think that WGU doesn't take NCCRS, but does take ACE - at least, that's what I've heard.

I would say that for Study.com, it's probably not going to be a problem.  But there are companies have ended up closing up shop, and anyone who took a course there would most likely lose out if that course was NCCRS.  If you can't get ahold of the company to send a transcript, you're kind of screwed.  But if the course was ACE, and you had added it to your transcript at the time, you're fine.  It stays in the ACE database, and on your transcript, no matter what happens to the individual company.

The course I'm considering is through Study.com, so I think I'll be good. I have to send TESU my Study.com transcript anyway, so the NCCRS credit shouldn't be an extra hassle to deal with.

I did the same thing and it worked fine for me. (The particular Study.com course I took, BUS 209, was NCCRS- but not ACE-approved. It is also listed in the Study.com’s TESU course equivalency list.)

Here’s a little more on this, for what it’s worth to anyone working on a COSC or WGU degree (sorry if this is common knowledge!)...

I ran the same course by the registrar’s office at COSC. They told me it wouldn’t transfer because it’s not ACE. However, COSC’s website says they take NCCRS. I pointed this out to COSC, and they acknowledged that they accept NCCRS, but that they couldn’t find Study.com’s BUS 209 on NCCRS’s list—although it is. I left it at that, but I assume that if I had sent them proof they would have accepted it.

I talked to WGU once and they suggested I “stay away from” NCCRS-recommended courses that aren’t also ACE. (In particular, WGU suggested Straighterline and Saylor courses, along with CLEP and DSST exams.)

[katelynn]

I think that WGU doesn't take NCCRS, but does take ACE - at least, that's what I've heard.

I would say that for Study.com, it's probably not going to be a problem.  But there are companies have ended up closing up shop, and anyone who took a course there would most likely lose out if that course was NCCRS.  If you can't get ahold of the company to send a transcript, you're kind of screwed.  But if the course was ACE, and you had added it to your transcript at the time, you're fine.  It stays in the ACE database, and on your transcript, no matter what happens to the individual company.

The course I'm considering is through Study.com, so I think I'll be good. I have to send TESU my Study.com transcript anyway, so the NCCRS credit shouldn't be an extra hassle to deal with.

I did the same thing and it worked fine for me. (The particular Study.com course I took, BUS 209, was NCCRS- but not ACE-approved. It is also listed in the Study.com’s TESU course equivalency list.)

Here’s a little more on this, for what it’s worth to anyone working on a COSC or WGU degree (sorry if this is common knowledge!)...

I ran the same course by the registrar’s office at COSC. They told me it wouldn’t transfer because it’s not ACE. However, COSC’s website says they take NCCRS. I pointed this out to COSC, and they acknowledged that they accept NCCRS, but that they couldn’t find Study.com’s BUS 209 on NCCRS’s list—although it is. I left it at that, but I assume that if I had sent them proof they would have accepted it.

I talked to WGU once and they suggested I “stay away from” NCCRS-recommended courses that aren’t also ACE. (In particular, WGU suggested Straighterline and Saylor courses, along with CLEP and DSST exams.)

Hmmm, well now I'm not sure what to do. I know each school is different, but I'd be afraid TESU would give me trouble over the NCCRS-only approved course. I'm trying to find a course that will satisfy the Oral Communication requirement but doesn't include any speeches. I might just have to suck it up and take an ACE-approved course with speech assignments even though I can't speak formally worth a crap.

[kietro]

I think that WGU doesn't take NCCRS, but does take ACE - at least, that's what I've heard.

I would say that for Study.com, it's probably not going to be a problem.  But there are companies have ended up closing up shop, and anyone who took a course there would most likely lose out if that course was NCCRS.  If you can't get ahold of the company to send a transcript, you're kind of screwed.  But if the course was ACE, and you had added it to your transcript at the time, you're fine.  It stays in the ACE database, and on your transcript, no matter what happens to the individual company.

The course I'm considering is through Study.com, so I think I'll be good. I have to send TESU my Study.com transcript anyway, so the NCCRS credit shouldn't be an extra hassle to deal with.

I did the same thing and it worked fine for me. (The particular Study.com course I took, BUS 209, was NCCRS- but not ACE-approved. It is also listed in the Study.com’s TESU course equivalency list.)

Here’s a little more on this, for what it’s worth to anyone working on a COSC or WGU degree (sorry if this is common knowledge!)...

I ran the same course by the registrar’s office at COSC. They told me it wouldn’t transfer because it’s not ACE. However, COSC’s website says they take NCCRS. I pointed this out to COSC, and they acknowledged that they accept NCCRS, but that they couldn’t find Study.com’s BUS 209 on NCCRS’s list—although it is. I left it at that, but I assume that if I had sent them proof they would have accepted it.

I talked to WGU once and they suggested I “stay away from” NCCRS-recommended courses that aren’t also ACE. (In particular, WGU suggested Straighterline and Saylor courses, along with CLEP and DSST exams.)

Hmmm, well now I'm not sure what to do. I know each school is different, but I'd be afraid TESU would give me trouble over the NCCRS-only approved course. I'm trying to find a course that will satisfy the Oral Communication requirement but doesn't include any speeches. I might just have to suck it up and take an ACE-approved course with speech assignments even though I can't speak formally worth a crap.

If I hadn’t already fulfilled the public speaking requirement, I would have tried to satisfy it with Study.com’s COM-120 Presentation Skills in the Workplace. It’s NCCRS but not ACE. It transfers to TESU as COM-290 Presentational Speaking. The entire course is only 27 easy quizzes and a final. Just for fun (what’s wrong with me?), I took all the quizzes. I think it took only an hour or so to get through them.

[davewill]

Hmmm, well now I'm not sure what to do. I know each school is different, but I'd be afraid TESU would give me trouble over the NCCRS-only approved course. I'm trying to find a course that will satisfy the Oral Communication requirement but doesn't include any speeches. I might just have to suck it up and take an ACE-approved course with speech assignments even though I can't speak formally worth a crap.

No reason to be worried about an NCCRS course. TESU accepts NCCRS without any issue, and has for a long time.

[Merlin]

Hmmm, well now I'm not sure what to do. I know each school is different, but I'd be afraid TESU would give me trouble over the NCCRS-only approved course. I'm trying to find a course that will satisfy the Oral Communication requirement but doesn't include any speeches. I might just have to suck it up and take an ACE-approved course with speech assignments even though I can't speak formally worth a crap.

TESU won't give you any trouble over NCCRS courses, so you don't have to worry about that. But if you think you might go to another school instead, you can always take the Study.com Public Speaking course since that one is ACE. From my understanding, the public speaking course is pretty easy, and you can pre-record the speeches, so it's not as intimidating as having to do them live if your worry is presentation anxiety.