Show U. of U. Leads In CLEP Testing A newly implemented testing program at the University of Utah has saved students and their parents nearly million in tuition so far this year and has permitted students to trim a full year off the time required to earn a L. dean of admissions and released the figures stating that the University of Utah now leads the nation in credit hours awarded through the College Level Examination Program By passing CLEP tests in five academic U students can earn up to 48 hours of college including exemption from the entire general education option allows qualified participants to graduate in three years and concentrate more specifically on the courses they explained He said more than colleges across the country now offer CLEP but in many locations it is aimed principally at tests were originally designed to give adults college credit for practical experience and acquired outside the EARLY this year the program started gaining phenomenal popularity among entering freshmen who now account for about 90 percent of our the dean Since CLEP tests have been administered to applicants at the More than separate examinations have been given through the program since its implementation on the campus two and one-half years AS OF September quarter hours of college credit had been earned through local CLEP At the present tuition rate of about per quarter the CLEP credit awarded so far is worth approximately THERE is a fee for the entire battery of five so a student who receives the maximum 48 hours of credit can realize a net personal savings of about in McKean said evidence so far indicates that students capable of passing the CLEP tests continue to progress satisfactorily through college despite having bypassed a substantial amount of classroom of the students now entering college are educationally and intellectually qualified for advanced It would be grossly unfair not to credit their achievement and allow them to progress at their own optimum he Reducing the class load in lower division courses also makes more faculty time available to says AS A result of increased opportunity for student-faculty contact he believes students may ultimately learn more from three years of college than they once did from |