Penn Foster Question

[tsimmns]

Do you or anyone else have the Assistant Deans email?

[AngelaP]

Alicia Malone is the Asst. Dean of School of Business & Mgmt. I am not sure of the email, but possibly [email protected] as that is the format most used at the school.

[tsimmns]

Thank you, emailed and she replied right away. Needlesss to say, if you want this class from Penn Foster you should take it now as it seems like July 1 will be the last date. Below is her kind email and I will be signing up for this course this evening when I get off work or tomorrow morning.

Good Afternoon xxxx

I understand that Academic Advisement is stating that students are no longer permitted to transfer the Strategic Management course through Penn Foster. That information is inaccurate at this time and I will address this with the advisors. They have been asked not to plan the course because we do not know when policy will change and we do not want to plan a course for a future date which may occur after the policy change, when the course will not transfer. I have not received any official notification as of this date of when the policy will change and take effect. Therefore, I am providing you with the same information that I have given to others who have inquired. As of today, the Strategic Business Management course from Penn Foster is still transferrable and does meet our Strategic Management core course requirement. However, the transferability of capstone courses is under review and the current policy of accepting capstone courses most likely will change in the near future (if I had to guess, I would say July 1, 2016). If you are registered for the course before the policy changes, you would be permitted to transfer the course in. But, if you take the course after the policy changes, would need to take the course through Thomas Edison State University, not Penn Foster. So, to be on the safe side, if you plan to take the course, I would do so before July 1, 2016.

Regards,

Alicia Malone
Assistant Dean
School of Business and Management
Thomas Edison State University
[email protected]
609.984.1130 ext. 3192

[AngelaP]

Yay for you and save that email!!! Told you it never hurts to try.

[tsimmns]

Yay for you and save that email!!! Told you it never hurts to try.

I see you have taken the class, how long did it take to finish it? And I imagine you can sign up for it at any time, does PF have a rolling academic term to where the class starts every week or so? Just wondering because I hoping to knock it out quickly. And also, I apologize in advance for all the questions.

[bjcheung77]

Thank you, emailed and she replied right away. Needlesss to say, if you want this class from Penn Foster you should take it now as it seems like July 1 will be the last date. Below is her kind email and I will be signing up for this course this evening when I get off work or tomorrow morning.

Good Afternoon xxxx

I understand that Academic Advisement is stating that students are no longer permitted to transfer the Strategic Management course through Penn Foster. That information is inaccurate at this time and I will address this with the advisors. They have been asked not to plan the course because we do not know when policy will change and we do not want to plan a course for a future date which may occur after the policy change, when the course will not transfer. I have not received any official notification as of this date of when the policy will change and take effect. Therefore, I am providing you with the same information that I have given to others who have inquired. As of today, the Strategic Business Management course from Penn Foster is still transferrable and does meet our Strategic Management core course requirement. However, the transferability of capstone courses is under review and the current policy of accepting capstone courses most likely will change in the near future (if I had to guess, I would say July 1, 2016). If you are registered for the course before the policy changes, you would be permitted to transfer the course in. But, if you take the course after the policy changes, would need to take the course through Thomas Edison State University, not Penn Foster. So, to be on the safe side, if you plan to take the course, I would do so before July 1, 2016.

Regards,

Alicia Malone
Assistant Dean
School of Business and Management
Thomas Edison State University
[email protected]
609.984.1130 ext. 3192

Woo Hoo! I nearly jumped outta my seat when I read that! Haha, I'll have to email her directly as well so I have a record. I emailed advising and the registrar, but have not heard back. Hope I get the same answer for my records!

[bjcheung77]

Woo Hoo! I nearly jumped outta my seat when I read that! Haha, I'll have to email her directly as well so I have a record. I emailed advising and the registrar, but have not heard back. Hope I get the same answer for my records!

Haha, I got the exact same email word for word. It's a great cut/paste for her. But this sealed the deal for me to get those three courses at Penn Foster at the same time. I just got the email from advising, with a similar message to complete the course before July 1.

[AngelaP]

The minimum will be 3 weeks as there are webinars to attend. You can sign up for it at any time. You will have to wait for the book to be mailed though, but hopefully will not take that long.

Edited because I cannot spell when my brain is ahead of my hands!

[jlearn25]

this is all good news to me
I was hoping i didn't waste time of a few hundred buck on it.

I have my first Webinar tomorrow evening and then Ill sign up for the others.

[tesu-acct-student]

Thank you, emailed and she replied right away. Needlesss to say, if you want this class from Penn Foster you should take it now as it seems like July 1 will be the last date. Below is her kind email and I will be signing up for this course this evening when I get off work or tomorrow morning.

Good Afternoon xxxx

I understand that Academic Advisement is stating that students are no longer permitted to transfer the Strategic Management course through Penn Foster. That information is inaccurate at this time and I will address this with the advisors. They have been asked not to plan the course because we do not know when policy will change and we do not want to plan a course for a future date which may occur after the policy change, when the course will not transfer. I have not received any official notification as of this date of when the policy will change and take effect. Therefore, I am providing you with the same information that I have given to others who have inquired. As of today, the Strategic Business Management course from Penn Foster is still transferrable and does meet our Strategic Management core course requirement. However, the transferability of capstone courses is under review and the current policy of accepting capstone courses most likely will change in the near future (if I had to guess, I would say July 1, 2016). If you are registered for the course before the policy changes, you would be permitted to transfer the course in. But, if you take the course after the policy changes, would need to take the course through Thomas Edison State University, not Penn Foster. So, to be on the safe side, if you plan to take the course, I would do so before July 1, 2016.

Regards,

Alicia Malone
Assistant Dean
School of Business and Management
Thomas Edison State University
[email protected]
609.984.1130 ext. 3192

Question: is the course appearing as "planned" in your academic eval?