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Modern States Education Alliance, a nonprofit dedicated to making a high-quality college education accessible and affordable to all, today announced it is a 2025 D2L Excellence Award winner. Modern States was recognized for its transformative work expanding college access for hundreds of thousands of learners and for the strategic technology improvements that support its mission, […]
D2L celebrates leaders creating transformative learning experiences in their communities. Modern States was selected for expanding its reach, optimizing course delivery, and providing a seamless, user-friendly experience for learners to advance its mission of democratizing access to higher education.
“You’re just an old man. It’s over for you,” General Parker of Huntington Beach, California, remembers thinking. “I was losing myself.” A retired boilermaker, Parker enrolled in Modern States, a nonprofit online platform that prepared him to pass 16 CLEP (College-Level Examination Program) exams.
Christine Pardo, the credit for prior learning admissions coordinator at LaGuardia Community College, leads the first office in the City University of New York (CUNY) system that is dedicated to helping students use credit for prior learning. Modern States and CLEP are key elements of her work, and the tools she most often recommends to […]
“Many students and families know about dual enrollment programs and AP courses that can help them save money and time on college,” said Dr. Pestronk. “But fewer know about options like the College-Level Examination Program. Unlike in years past, today, there are multiple routes available to learners that help them reach their goals without going […]
As an educator, I’m continuously searching for ways to give my students a leg up. When I discovered Modern States, a philanthropic organization offering free online courses that give any student the chance to learn college-level content, I knew it could be transformative for my students.
Modern States Education Alliance has helped almost 700,000 learners prepare for and take the College Board’s College Level Examination Program (CLEP) since its founding in 2017. The organization has also learned plenty since then, including that the path to and through college is unique to each individual and anyone who seeks our support deserves it. […]
The cost of U.S. higher education has increased by 180% since 1980, far outpacing income growth. There is more than $1.7 trillion dollars in student loan debt, and even students attending public universities – long understood as affordable – borrow an average of $32,362 to attain a bachelor’s degree. Existing opportunities to get a head […]
As college tuition continues to increase, earning an undergraduate degree is more challenging than ever for millions of students each year. Fortunately, the options for bridging the ever-widening affordability gap are also increasing, allowing students to save money, earn college credits early, and take control of their future. Let’s explore how free and low-cost programs […]
Spencer Sturgill, a freshman at Boyce College in Louisville, Kentucky, learned about CLEP during his college tour. Some research led him to Modern States and with our help he soon passed four CLEP exams for free, eliminating a semester’s worth of tuition, room and board.
Modern States highlighted on Higher Education Inquirer
The cost of just one year of college education in the United States has skyrocketed to an average of $38,000, putting better job prospects, higher lifetime earnings and perhaps the most important key to socioeconomic mobility in this country out of reach for more and more Americans.
