07-07-2019, 09:19 AM
(03-06-2017, 01:19 PM)Thank you for posting this. I recently was trying to dig up information on how I can figure out all the certifications that I have gotten over the past 32 years to transfer into actual college credits. I attempted to call the local college to which the man on the phone told me since I wasn’t a student there he would not help me. I then attempted to call the University that I had attended years ago to try to get the same answer to which again I was told they refused to help me because I was not a student there. There was no one out there to actually ask these questions. It’s ridiculous how these people are supposed to be there for your service yet do not want to provide any information to you. I have 32 years of experience and more certifications than I can think of yet I am on aware of how to transfer them into actual credits . The funny part is I wasn’t actually trying to get them to give me the credits for it I just wanted to know what they would be equivalent to and no one would help me with that information. It ever Denteley was beyond them which I have to say pisses me off! Thank you though for putting down all of your investigative work. And as you say some people don’t think out of the box and I have to agree with you on that my experience and my certifications should count for something don’t you think? Joeman200 Wrote:dfrecore Wrote:The reason that SOME colleges don't accept SOME certifications for credit, is because most colleges will only accept transfer credit from other colleges. Since most training doesn't fall under those guidelines, then there is no way to get the credit over to them. It's not on a college transcript to be sent.
Any colleges that will accept ACE-approved courses will take anything you can get onto an ACE transcript. It's just a matter of where they can put them into the degree plan.
I don't think most college administrators are just jerks who don't want to give credit. I just think most aren't out-of-the box thinkers, don't understand how things work, or only know how to go by the rules.
Yeah I totally agree, they're not jerks my any means. Unfortunately, in the state I'm in, the "academy" is pretty much the exact same material (and books) as the area of study for a associates in fire science. I think they tried before to make it worth credit (that could be accepted by state schools) but it failed because of the community colleges. This was probably long before ACE or anything like that. This thread is directed at other FFs who may be searching whether or not it's worth credit though.
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