Possible (Free? Inexpensive?) College Credit Source for Military

[LaterBloomer]

Hi, I'm a member of the Pentagon Federal Credit Union, and information was sent out about a personal finance course that could be worth college credit. And there are some scholarships. Hope it helps someone.

PenFed – PFM

[dcan]

FYI it looks like this is Grantham granting 3 hours credit for taking the Pentagon FCU course, similar to how the Big 3 grant credit for Straighterline or FEMAs.

#1 This is probably not transferrable outside of Grantham, assuming it is not transcribed as a native Grantham course.

#2 If it does show up on the transcript as a native Grantham course, Grantham is nationally accredited and NA credits are not accepted at regionally accredited schools.

Would be really cool if this were usable at the Big 3.

[IrishJohn]

Unless it's ACE-approved it definitely will not transfer to the Big 3 because Grantham isn't regionally accredited. I was unable to transfer 2 courses I took at Grantham in 2007 (way before I learned about the Big 3) because of this. Don't take Grantham's word for it either! Make sure it's on the ACE website. I recall someone getting burned by Penn Foster when he/she took a course that they were told was approved but turned out wasn't.

[dcan]

Make sure it's on the ACE website. I recall someone getting burned by Penn Foster when he/she took a course that they were told was approved but turned out wasn't.

That was such a debacle that I did a whole writeup of it on the wiki warning people about Penn Foster. They really need to get their act together. They used to be a popular place to get cheap ACE credits but they've been causing people problems lately. Harming your customers is a really stupid business move.