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YCBK 232: Interview about CLEP & Modernstates.org with David Vise
Join part two of David’s three part podcast where he discusses with Mark several announcements about major developments in Higher Education.
YCBK 230: Interview about CLEP & Modernstates.org with David Vise
Mark shares several announcements about major developments in Higher Education and interview David Vise, Executive Director of Modernstates.org
Meet Lydia Clarke
Hear from learner Lydia about how she is using Modern States to earn free college credit.
Meet Tayah
Hear from learner Tayah about how she is using Modern States to earn free college credit.
Unlocking Your Career Passion With Free College Courses
Figuring out what you want to do with your life isn’t easy, and it can be awfully expensive when you guess wrong. Many people enter college with no idea what their passion is or what career path best suits them. Often, they choose a major that doesn’t pan out, wasting a lot of time and […]
Modern States and Norfolk State University Unite to Increase College Access for Virginians
Modern States, a philanthropy dedicated to making a college degree more affordable and accessible to everyone, today announced the launch of its Fast Start program with Norfolk State University (NSU). The program is designed to help high school students in Virginia and current NSU students earn up to a year of college credit at no […]
The $1,000 Degree
Asked how much money he spent on college, Tim Hellwig responded: “That’s the million dollar question right there.” He then gave a $1,000 dollar answer. “It only ended up costing me about $1,000 for a 120-credit, four-year computer science degree,” Hellwig, 28, said in an interview. “That’s insane, right? No one expects that but it’s […]
Meet Amanda Allen
Hear from learner Amanda Allen about how she is using Modern States to earn free college credit.
College Board’s ‘SECRET’ Test: Earning College Credits Early Using CLEP
Pulitzer Prize-winner and Executive Director of Modern States, David Vise, joins Naka in a captivating episode discussing how students can take advantage of a lesser-known College Board test that has been around for over 50 years to gain college credit early and save THOUSANDS of dollars in tuition!
CLEP and Modern States Are There for Students When Advanced Placement Isn’t an Option
Advanced Placement (AP) courses help many high school students get ahead in their studies, though only if their schools participate in the program. Modern States exists for everyone, including AP students. A philanthropy, Modern States offers 32 completely free online courses that prepare learners for the College Board’s College Level Examination Program (CLEP). Passing CLEP […]
President Series: Purdue’s growth tied to ‘keeping students at center of bullseye’
What are the areas you’d like to see Purdue improve on in the next few years? … We’ve got a program that we started a year and a half ago called Fast Start. Students can essentially do freshman year for free and finish that degree in three residential years. We’ve got to be very open-minded […]
