Federal financial aid for alternative sources of credit!!!

[sanantone]

After I did find out that CSU Global was, indeed, chosen as an experimental site by the Department of Education for offering federal financial aid for CBEs and PLAs, I found out that there are a total of 40 experimental sites. I could only find a list of 11 of the schools who are apart of the Competency-Based Education Network, and Charter Oak State College is one of them!!! Oh, and UptonSinclair's favorite community college system, KCTCS, is on the list. Now, if only students could get financial aid for CLEP, DSST, Uexcel, TECEP, Straighterline, Saylor, etc. Offering financial aid for Uexcels and TECEPs would seem like the next logical step. What I pay for TECEPs already counts as tuition on the 1098-T form for tax purposes.

Antioch University
Brandman University
Capella University
Charter Oak State College
Kentucky Community & Technical College System
Lipscomb University
Northern Arizona University
Salt Lake Community College
Southern New Hampshire University
University Of Maryland University College
University Of Wisconsin-Extension

http://www.cbenetwork.org/sites/457/uplo...n_2015.pdf
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015...-education

[yb1]

wait can I write off the dsst, and clep in taxes? ahh that would be absolutely amazing!

does this mean charter oaks is the way to go? sanatone you are giving such interesting info. b

[sanantone]

All I know so far is that financial aid will be available for COSC's portfolio assessment fees. I don't know when this is going to happen. Currently, they only have a few challenge exams in statistics and child development that are offered onsite. I don't know if they're preparing more stuff for the future.