Fewer Colleges Accepting ACE? What Happened?

[cookderosa]

In talking to colleges for my daughter here in Ohio, so many of them have never heard of ACE, even when they were on a list somewhere. I know of a few that specifically say they will take Straightline and CLEP, but have no idea about providers like study.com. I would love to see these courses more universally accepted and well known. Not everyone wants a degree from the Big 3.

ACE is who established that CLEP is worth college credit (or instance) or AP, or in short - all college credit that does not originate through a college. The college's Registrar will be very familiar with ACE. People who don't evaluate credit for a living like those in admissions simply have no reason to know who ACE is. Separately, they can know who ACE is and not accept credit - but if a college takes AP, CLEP, and Straighterline, they only can do that because they are ACE evaluated.

I think it's fine for someone to choose one of the big 3, but CLEP and AP work at most colleges.