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Promoting Your Test Center

Promote CLEP on Campus

Share Revenue Benefits with Department Head

  • Explain that your testing program can support itself by covering operating expenses. For example, by administering 20 exams each month with a $20 administration fee, your test center can generate $4,800 annually.
  • Briefly present information about how CLEP helps recruit and retain students.
  • Ask for support.

Share Test Development Process with Faculty

  • Establish CLEP advocates on your campus. Share the benefits of CLEP with faculty and staff in various departments on your campus through an array of free brochures, bulletins, posters and more. Free CLEP materials can be ordered online.
  • Download the Test Information Guides (TIGs) for each exam to share with faculty. The TIGs include in-depth information about exam development and specifications.
  • Tell faculty about the ACES™ (Admitted Class Evaluation Services™) Validity Study. This service is free-of-charge and will allow you to set a passing score based on standards at your institution. Find out more about CLEP and ACES.

Talking to Advisors

  • Talk to advisors regularly about your testing program, your CLEP policy, and how CLEP can help students.
  • Order free copies of the CLEP Advising Kit to distribute to all advisors, including departmental and faculty advisors.

Talking to Admission Staff

  • Urge admissions to use your institution's CLEP policy as a recruiting tool by showing students how CLEP can accelerate degree programs and reduce tuition costs.
  • Propose adding information about your testing program and CLEP credit-granting policy to all freshmen orientation packets. Offer special testing times during orientation.
  • Offer to send CLEP information with admissions representatives when they visit high schools or attend college fairs.
  • Work with admissions to send information about your CLEP program to high school counselors at "feeder" schools.

Talking to Financial Aid Staff

  • Join institutional committees and get on agendas to talk about how your CLEP program benefits the institution and students. Hand out CLEP resources and publications.
  • Talk with the financial aid department about how your CLEP program can boost the financial aid information that they present to students and parents. Order free copies of the CLEP Financial Aid Brochure to share with financial aid staff.

Talking to Others on Campus

  • Host a CLEP Open House, an information session for staff, on your campus.

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Statistics

  • 70% of CLEP test-takers said their CLEP credits made a difference in their ability to finance tuition and other fees.

  • 91% of CLEP test-takers said CLEP made a difference in helping them complete their degrees.

  • 92% of institutions offer PLA credits to provide a time-saving avenue for degree completion.

  • More than 50% of PLA students earned a degree in seven years, compared to 21% of non-PLA students.

  • Students who receive credit-by-examination through CLEP for an introductory course are much more likely to earn an A or B in subsequent courses than students who complete the introductory course.

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