08-24-2009, 09:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-24-2009, 10:01 PM by cookderosa.)
[QUOTE=Jason86]Thanks for the update. Wonder if TE is making these changes to make it harder to "test out". After all they make a lot more money if you take classes online.
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Yeah, but TECEPs have more profit incentive. No mentors, just mail out a 3 page test and grade it. Courses require mentors, who require paychecks!
Ok, so my magic prediction, is that the TECEPs are going to become 300/400 level exams <shock> while CLEP/DSSTs are going to remain/be evaluated as 100/200 level so you "have" to either take TECEPs, courses, or transfer in from a 4 year college. Nearly everyone will let you take 1 class as a non-enrolled student, but getting a university to let you take 4 or 5 is another thing all together! (TESC knows this) They have a captive audience.
The other option, which may or may not be part of their goal, is to bolster enrollment for their master's programs. As you know, TESC allows double-dipping about 12 credits from their master list-if you could use master classes to hit your upper level, it might inspire more people to go with a TESC master's program simply as a matter of it being the easier option (instead of finding 300/400 level classes somewhere else).
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Yeah, but TECEPs have more profit incentive. No mentors, just mail out a 3 page test and grade it. Courses require mentors, who require paychecks!
Ok, so my magic prediction, is that the TECEPs are going to become 300/400 level exams <shock> while CLEP/DSSTs are going to remain/be evaluated as 100/200 level so you "have" to either take TECEPs, courses, or transfer in from a 4 year college. Nearly everyone will let you take 1 class as a non-enrolled student, but getting a university to let you take 4 or 5 is another thing all together! (TESC knows this) They have a captive audience.
The other option, which may or may not be part of their goal, is to bolster enrollment for their master's programs. As you know, TESC allows double-dipping about 12 credits from their master list-if you could use master classes to hit your upper level, it might inspire more people to go with a TESC master's program simply as a matter of it being the easier option (instead of finding 300/400 level classes somewhere else).
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