Promote Your Policy

Let Staff and Students Know About Your CLEP Policy

Communicating key policy information to students and staff is an important part of building and maintaining a successful CLEP program on your campus:

• Faculty and advisors need to become familiar with your policy in order to effectively advise students.
• Students need to know which exams they can take and how much credit your institution will grant for credit-by-examination.

Make sure staff and students know the answers to the following questions:

• Which CLEP exams are accepted by your institution?
• Does your institution require optional essays for exams in composition and literature?
• Is CLEP credit granted for specific courses?
• How much credit is granted for each exam, and what is the required score?
• Is there a limit on the amount of credit that can be granted?
• Are there any departmental requirements for earning credit in addition to the CLEP exam? (Examples include an essay, lab or oral exam.)
• What is your institution's policy regarding prior course work in the exam subject?

Ideas for posting your CLEP policy:

• Include it in your college catalog under the heading Credit-by-Examination, Advanced Standing, Advanced Placement or External Degree Program.
• Post it on your website. For ideas about how to structure the CLEP Web page on your site, visit some pages that test centers at other institutions have created:
• Cape Cod Community College
• University of Northern Iowa
• Austin Peay State University
• Penn State University
• Make and distribute a policy brochure. You may use our customizable college policy brochure to create a flyer for students. Distribute the flyers through your campus testing office, counseling center, admissions office and registrar's office.