01-17-2009, 03:35 PM
Historically when the economy is bad, student enrollment numbers increase (I used to work at a university). However, since tuition costs have skyrocketed so much since our last serious economic downturn, I'm not sure that will be the case this time.
I posted an a forum posting on my university's discussion board for online students about clep exams and was flooded with requests for more information. I agree that the reason colleges don't mention the advantages of clep exams are because the schools lose that tuition money.
I think that if schools would increase the number of clep hours that they accept, and market that, their student enrollment numbers would increase, because students could earn their degrees in less time in a more cost efficient manner.
I posted an a forum posting on my university's discussion board for online students about clep exams and was flooded with requests for more information. I agree that the reason colleges don't mention the advantages of clep exams are because the schools lose that tuition money.
I think that if schools would increase the number of clep hours that they accept, and market that, their student enrollment numbers would increase, because students could earn their degrees in less time in a more cost efficient manner.
Cleps:Introduction Business Law 65
Principles of Management 70
Principles of Marketing 71
A&I Literature 68
American Lit 59
Educational Psychology 68
Social sciences & history 65
Western Civilization I 64
What lies before us and what lies behind us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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