Get Credit for Your Life Experience and Earn a Degree

Yes, it is possible these days to actually get credit for your life experience, and have that experience applied for credit towards a degree. The Life Experience Degree blog offers a wealth of information for you to compare online colleges which have life experience degree programs.

Just a few such online colleges are Ashford University, Champlain College (Vermont), Liberty University Online, and Western Governors University Online. These universities and many others believe your past experience is valuable towards earning a degree and can shorten the amount of time it will take you to earn a degree.

Here are some of the types of life experience that may be considered:

On-the-job training
Work certificates
Training sessions
Specialized education
Accredited previous college credits
Military training and experience
Volunteer experience

For more details, visit this site: Get a Life Experience Degree

You Can Accelerate Your College Degree

Not only can you go back to college for that degree you always wanted -you can also accelerate the whole degree process through various ‘testing out’ options which will ultimately cost less than a traditional education, saving significant time and money towards your college degree. Some of the testing options include examination and advanced placement, military credits, corporate or professional training, and credit for life experience through portfolio assessment.

Some of the specifics for each type of testing out option are as follows:

Credit by Examination – several types of college credit exams allow you to ‘skip’ many core courses and receive credit for them based on your scores on CLEP (College Level Examination Program) exams, PEP (Proficiency Examination Programs), GRE (Graduate Record Examinations)

Credit for Corporate, Military, or Professional Training

Credit for Life Experience (Portfolio Credit)

Course Challenging

Credit Banking

Credit by Learning Contract

Transfer Credit

For more details, visit this site: Accelerate Your Degree