Charter Oak struggles as well, not just Excelsior

[miah]

I'm wondering if the assessment model will work anymore. We know that most Big 3 students take at least a few classes with the schools and transfer in mostly traditional college courses. The people who like "testing out" of most of their credits are drawn to this forum and others. When I joined this forum about seven years ago, everyone was testing out. Now, people seem test-averse and are depending mostly on ACE and NCCRS-approved courses. If Excelsior went back to the assessment model, how much could they possibly make off of Uexcels?

I'm not sure I understand what you are referring to when you note "the assessment model."

I think what is needed is a whole new model from what is traditional.

For instance, I'd love to take courses from wherever and be able to pull them together somewhere and have somebody grant a degree.  

Plus for everyone that likes the test out model, you'll find others that prefer online or f2f traditional or hybrid courses. 

And then you have students that took courses and dropped out for whatever reason and would love to go back and complete their degree if they could find a way they could afford it and devote the time to it. 

I thought that is what EC and by extension, TESU and COSC possibly were doing as well, but it doesn't seem to necessarily be so from my early observations relating to my FAYA's most recent conversations with EC. ie- They are not bringing in credits that SUNY transferred in nor will they accept D's for elective courses even if the overall average was well over 2.0 GPA. Plus all of the course were traditional RA courses. 

But I definitely agree that we need a different model now relating to higher education in the 21st Century!