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Possibly More ACE Credits to Come from Saylor - sanantone - 03-12-2015
This was posted on my thread on the other forum.
Quote:Hopefully more Saylor "ACE" credits soonHow to complete a regionally-accredited degree for less than University of the People
Hi all - This is Jeff Davidson from Saylor.org. Thanks for all the mentions in the post and site generally. Just wanted to give a heads up that we may have more credit recommended courses this year. We can't guarantee anything yet, but really hoping to have several more ACE credit recommended courses by end of this summer (2015). Possibly some new TECEP alignments too.
Great work putting this comprehensive pathway together!
Possibly More ACE Credits to Come from Saylor - Prloko - 03-12-2015
Although I have never used them, I love what they stand for! I've been thinking of doing some of these courses for personal enrichment. Keep up the great work Saylor!
Are they funded 100% by donation?
Possibly More ACE Credits to Come from Saylor - sanantone - 03-12-2015
Prloko Wrote:Although I have never used them, I love what they stand for! I've been thinking of doing some of these courses for personal enrichment. Keep up the great work Saylor!
Are they funded 100% by donation?
Yes, they are a non-profit organization that charges nothing of its students. Students only pay a $25 fee to ProctorU for exams in credit-bearing courses.
Possibly More ACE Credits to Come from Saylor - cookderosa - 03-12-2015
agreed, I LOVE Saylor. I use their bookshelf all the time, I use their course content all the time. I don't know why they are pushing so hard to get into the credit-earning space (don't get me wrong, I'm glad..I think...but you have to wonder what's driving that?) and if that's going to morph their model in some way down the line.
Possibly More ACE Credits to Come from Saylor - Stanislav - 03-13-2015
I served as a proctor for someone who took one of their ACE courses (which made it FREE for that person). Great organization.
I believe that yes, they are entirely funded by donations, and most of the donations come from a fellow named Michael Saylor. He is a tech enterpreneur who is famous for having lost billions, on paper, when SEC discovered accounting irregularities in his company (MicroStrategy). Company still exists and is profitable, though, so he is still worth many millions.
Possibly More ACE Credits to Come from Saylor - Stanislav - 03-13-2015
cookderosa Wrote:agreed, I LOVE Saylor. I use their bookshelf all the time, I use their course content all the time. I don't know why they are pushing so hard to get into the credit-earning space (don't get me wrong, I'm glad..I think...but you have to wonder what's driving that?) and if that's going to morph their model in some way down the line.Mr. Saylor's ego? That would explain it, and you'd have to admit it's not the worst outlet for an outsized ego.
Possibly More ACE Credits to Come from Saylor - cookderosa - 03-14-2015
Stanislav Wrote:Mr. Saylor's ego? That would explain it, and you'd have to admit it's not the worst outlet for an outsized ego.
No, he's a millionaire, which means he's not stupid- and he has a strategy.
Possibly More ACE Credits to Come from Saylor - sanantone - 03-14-2015
Maybe he's just a philanthropist. It does society more good to offer them free courses that are worth college credit than those that aren't. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated a lot of money to endeavors in education.
Possibly More ACE Credits to Come from Saylor - cookderosa - 03-15-2015
sanantone Wrote:Maybe he's just a philanthropist. It does society more good to offer them free courses that are worth college credit than those that aren't. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated a lot of money to endeavors in education.
Maybe, I'm not speculating about his motive today. Just something to log in the back of my brain.
Possibly More ACE Credits to Come from Saylor - bluebooger - 03-15-2015
cookderosa Wrote:No, he's a millionaire, which means he's not stupid...
it doesn't mean that at all
there are plenty of stupid people who are millionaires