EC-Fee Change Effective August 26

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Tuition goes up a little every year at many colleges, but Excelsior's situation is different. Excelsior is focusing on increasing fees because they have a larger demographic that takes few courses. Their generous transfer credit policy means that they depend on fees more than most other schools to break even. Excelsior used to have many different Excelsior Exams (now called Uexcels). If they went back to the model of primarily selling exams, they would be able to cut the cost of providing courses, and they would give their transfer students an alternative to CLEP/DSST and transfer courses. CLEP and DSST cover the general education requirements, and courses taken at cheaper colleges can be transferred in to cover the major area of study. There's almost no incentive to take courses at Excelsior. They probably made a huge mistake by going private because they're no longer subsidized by the State of New York.