Alternative Credit Project closing down

[cookderosa]

This is too bad (even for the Big 3) Saylor offered the cheapest of all credits; a large % of their credit courses where through this program.  Here is the link of courses https://www.saylor.org/credit/#available-courses - if it in in the ACE only column and starts with the prefix of ACPE it is part of this expiring program  

Time to study up and test out on these! We've got one month to earn credits for less than $10 per credit - I know there are people out there up for the challenge! In other words if you need the credit and know the subject - now if the time.  Hopefully Saylor will look to add the ACPE courses under their own approval group

All of the ACP courses were also ACE-recommended, and probably will continue to be so.  This is NOT saying anything about ACE, so nobody should be panicking!  ACP is separate from ACE, but really it's own little world within ACE.

Unfortunately that is not the case, I thought so too at first when I looked at the Saylor ACE listing.  I do agree that there is no need to panic, but like when ALEKS was always nearing their expiration date for credits - none of us knew if 'this was the last opportunity with them for this, or that' (Many of us thought those two month extensions would never end).

So what I am saying is that if there is something you planned on testing out of through these courses, now would be the time if you want get them.  Many of the credits that were ACE recommended for Saylor through the Alternative Credit Project (ACPE) where never offered as ACE credit as Saylor, and the few that were expired when the ACPE went into effect.   In example - I sure don't know of a course other than Saylor's ACPE-0007 ACE approved course to test out for credit in the subject of Electromagnetism  (& defiantly not for $25). Will Saylor get these courses/exams approved under their own ACE list, maybe - maybe not.  Listed below is a breakdown of those courses - note I did not list any that were covered by being credit approved through NCCRS.

BIO101: Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology         ACPE-0023
BUS101: Introduction to Business                                        ACPE-0107
BUS103: Introduction to Financial Accounting                      ACPE-0113
CHEM101: General Chemistry I                                            ACPE-0034
MA121: Introduction to Statistics                                         ACPE-0017
PHYS101: Introduction to Mechanics                                   ACPE-0008
PHYS102: Introduction to Electromagnetism                       ACPE-0007
POLSC221: Introduction to Comparative Politics                  ACPE-0071

ABOVE - ACE as Alternative Credit Project Ecosystem 4/1/2015 - 3/31/2018

SAME LIST BELOW = ACE as Saylor Academy    

BIO101B: Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology* EXPIRED 4/1/2014 - 3/31/2017
BUS101: Introduction to Business                                    NEVER OFFERED    
BUS103: Introduction to Financial Accounting                   NEVER OFFERED
CHEM101: General Chemistry I                                         EXPIRED 4/1/2014 - 3/31/2017
MA121: Introduction to Statistics                                      NEVER OFFERED
PHYS101: Introduction to Mechanics                                NEVER OFFERED
PHYS102: Introduction to Electromagnetism                    NEVER OFFERED
POLSC221: Introduction to Comparative Politics              NEVER OFFERED

Right- so that's "the list" of courses that may be lost under the closure. I have asked for feedback from Saylor, we'll see what we learn. I know Saylor likes to use NCCRS, so it's also possible that they'll seek NCCRS instead of ACE... hard to say. Previously, there was a financial incentive to be evaluated under ACPE (ACP) and now that they'll lose it, I know ACE hopes they'll pay to keep playing.