| A Life Experience degree program allows you to get | | | | your academic portfolio, enclosing in your awards, |
| college degree credits from your actual work and life | | | | certificates, or even videos when need be. |
| experiences. With this program you can save a | | | | Corporate Training Programs |
| considerable amount in your online college degree | | | | One way of obtaining credits for your experience in an |
| tuition fees. | | | | online college degree is by presenting your ACE |
| Majority of "college studs" taking online college | | | | recommendations for degree credits. Sometimes |
| degrees nowadays are not really young as opposed | | | | companies built their own "corporate universities" to |
| to those who are taking their degrees in traditional | | | | teach their employees all the skills necessary for them |
| colleges. Most of them are aged around 24 years old | | | | to perform their functions well. This would mean that |
| or older. | | | | they need accreditation first from what is know today |
| It is assumed that they have already acquired some | | | | as CREDIT Program. These assessors will review the |
| college level skills, and have had a specialized | | | | courses and classroom procedures. If they see that |
| knowledge from their job experience. This is the | | | | such courses could merit a college credit, then certain |
| reason why most of the online colleges offer Life | | | | college credits are given after completion of the |
| Experience degree program. | | | | course. |
| Here are five simple ways to turn your work and life | | | | Professional Licenses |
| experience into valid credits for your online college | | | | Certain professional certifications have also been |
| course. | | | | rewarded credit recommendation by ACE. Online |
| Challenged Exams | | | | students with such certifications as Certified Public |
| Basically, this is an exam to test older students what | | | | Accountant and Respiratory Therapy Technician can |
| they already know about certain college-level subjects. | | | | avail of the credit awards. These professional careers |
| The subjects can range from nursing to accounting to | | | | are practicing careers, therefore, those who possess |
| foreign languages. For a fee you can take challenged | | | | them practically know almost all the things that they |
| exams at local sites so that you can credit your life | | | | need to know in their specialize fields. |
| experience on your online college degree. The types | | | | Military Training Programs |
| of exams are mostly multiple choice, and contain a | | | | If you have come from a military installation, most likely |
| hundred questions. This exam can be finish in about an | | | | you have your military credits which can be credited to |
| hour or less. Exams like CLEP, DANTES, and Excelsior | | | | your online college degree. There are many college |
| are examples of this. | | | | credits that can be converted from your military |
| Create an Academic Portfolio | | | | credits such as first aid, marksmanship, and physical |
| Some experiences are better expressed written than | | | | education. You can ask your online college counselor |
| taking an exam for it. In this case, you should consider | | | | on the sets of college credits you could gain. |
| writing an Academic Portfolio for it, to have your life | | | | Keep in mind that these credits earned through your |
| experiences be credited to your online college degree | | | | life experience will really go a long way to help you |
| program. | | | | with your online college degree. One year of degree |
| You can also consider this option in case challenge | | | | credit could cut down your cost from $600 up to |
| exams are not available in your areas of expertise. | | | | $6000. So, have your actual work and life experiences |
| You can write about what you understood about | | | | credited in your online degree. |
| certain theories. You could consolidate everything on | | | | |