My daughter is 18, just graduated high school and plans to ultimately get a Masters in Library Science from University of Maryland. She is taking 4 classes at our local community college to establish a high GPA (to be able to potentially qualify for scholarships for her masters. The courses she is taking is: English Composition, Cultural Identity in America- Race, Class, Gender and Society, Ceramics I and Intro to Sociology
She wants to utilize all of the available non-traditional credit sources to test out of her Bachelor's degree as quickly as possible. She plans to get her degree from TESU. I checked the wiki and saw a variety of different degree plans. Are those up to date? She would love to have a major, but is fine just getting a Liberal Studies degree if it's significantly faster. 
If anyone can point me in the direction of a road map that is current and up to date, I'd be endlessly appreciative! Thanks so much.

If you had to choose between the Harvard Extension School’s ALM in Management and the UIUC iMSM program, which one would you go for and why? I’m weighing both in terms of learning experience, recognition, and future opportunities. Would love to hear your thoughts!r

I know this question has probably come up before, but I’ve been reading through so many pages and posts that I’m honestly getting overwhelmed and more confused than when I started.

I’m really interested in the ENEB double master’s program. I like that it’s self-paced and seems really affordable, which works great for me since I’m working full time. But my main concern is whether this degree can actually be used or evaluated as a master’s in the U.S. My goal is to be able to say that I have a master’s degree, especially since I’m working toward a leadership role in healthcare and that credential could really help. I’m not expecting Ivy League recognition, but I do want something that at least counts and could be respected by employers.

If it’s just for personal development and doesn’t really carry weight professionally, I’m not sure it’s worth the time or money even if it is low cost. Speaking of which, does anyone know if there’s a cheaper way to get the ENEB program than what’s being advertised right now?

Also, if anyone here knows of a legit online master’s program in business or healthcare administration that is affordable, accepted in the U.S., and ideally flexible or self-paced, that is below 10k and achieved in 4 months or lesser, I’d love some guidance. I know this has been talked about before but there’s just so much out there that it’s starting to feel like information overload. I just need it for work pay increase too. Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I’m a hospital director focused on the management side of operations. It’s always been a dream of mine to earn a degree from Harvard, especially with the long-term goal of moving into higher leadership roles in healthcare.

I’m currently looking into the ALM in Management – Health Care at Harvard Extension, and I’d love to connect with anyone who has gone through the program or is currently enrolled.

My main priorities are speed, flexibility, and affordability — I work full-time and long hours, so I’m trying to be smart about this. A few things I’d really appreciate help with:

• What’s the fastest possible timeline to complete the ALM realistically?
  
• Has anyone successfully transferred in 8 credits (2 courses) to save on cost and time? I’m considering ASU Universal Learner and UMass Global.
  
• Can most of the coursework be done online, and are there any non-proctored course options?
  
• For those who’ve finished the degree — how do you typically present it on LinkedIn or résumés? I know it’s through Harvard Extension, but I’d still love to reflect the Harvard name professionally.
  
• Any tips for scholarships, financial aid, or using FAFSA?
  

I completed the CompTIA Data+ and AWS Cloud Practioner at WGU, getting class credit after I passed the Certification exams. If I switch from WGU to TESU, do I need to tell TESU about the certs, or will I get the same credit for transferring the WGU class? 

Also, when you apply at TESU, and send all your transcripts from all you sources, how many different majors can you apply to? At TESU, there seemed to be 3-4 majors that looked interesting, but I would probably go with the one that I had the least remaining classes to do. I am hoping I can specificy at least 3 potential Majors when I tried to apply.

I have a question. 
What bachelors degree can be completed using Shophia, study.com and Coursera.
 I am thinking of doing BA computer science or BS CIS or BS information technology. I would like to only take the capstone and SOS1100 at TESU
Is this possible and is there a guide to follow?

Took the Principles of Supervision test yesterday, and passed with a 453. Here's my advice and experience with the test:

Difficulty: 2 out of 10
Prep time: 5 hours

Resources: InstantCert, Audio book Principles of Supervision test prep

Who should be fine: People that are good at process of elimination and critical thinking on questions, people with college experience, people with good a good vocabulary, people who have studied for/taken the WAPS, people with some notion of leadership and supervision.

Who should study: People that haven't been in a college setting, don't have a notion of what leaders should do it certain circumstances, and are unfamiliar with leadership vocabulary

Thoughts:
I'm going to be honest, I felt a bit upset I spent any money prepping for this test. I genuinely believe that I could have rolled out bed, hungover, and gotten a 420 on this test. I'm not saying do it, but you don't need to be worried about this test if you prep for 5-10 hours. I genuinely think you can be unaware of Maslow's HoN or contingency leadership and do fine. It's a lot of process of elimination, and even on the questions that I wasn't sure on there was usually only one good answer. Also, I mentioned the vocabulary knowledge as important because many of the questions may be about something you might not know the actually meat of the theory, but if you simply understand the vocabulary you can deduce what they're trying to say. For example "concurrent controls" are exactly what they sound like- thinks you control in the moment, not before or after. "Contingency leadership" simply means that different situations call for different styles of leadership. If you knew what contingency means (as in being prepared for different unknown outcomes), you'll be able to get the answer. There are a lot of terms that if you know what they mean outside of the principles of supervision or specific theories, you can probably get the answer right based on what they mean.

Instacert wasn't super helpful when it came to meaningful test prep, simply because I'm a text book guy and like things being put in context. This is why I supplemented with the audio study guide on Audible, which is a bit outdated but will hit some of the key theories I touch on below. It at least gives you a frame of reference for what they test will be about. The flashcards are great IF you know what you're actually supposed to be studying. No background text makes it kind of feel like you're thrown into the subject without any bearing. The practice tests were helpful and pretty accurate in regards to how the test will feel (even if the questions aren't the same). If you are a bit worried about the test and want to get some of the easy, "if you studied the book you'd get this answer in 2 seconds" topics, I would focus on:

- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (almost guaranteed to be at least one question about this)
- Different roles of leaders (IE Fayol's 10 roles, what roles fall into which sub-categories like informational, etc.)
- Structures of organizations (Matrix, bureaucratic, centralized, etc)
- stages of supervision (Planning, organizing, leading, controlling: this is a big one, for sure hit these up and be comfortable)
- the theories (path-goal, contingency, cost-leadership, etc.)
- PERT vs GANTT (I only got one question about this, but good to know the difference and what they're used for)
- Discrimination/diversity (you don't really need to study for these, but I got about 5 questions on these subjects that were straightforward)
- Storming, Forming, Norming, Performing (only had one question, but if you're unfamiliar with this is the terminology can be a bit weird)


I would say bang for your buck, these are the ones that I would put time and effort into. That being said, you can just ChatGpt this list and they'll give you enough information to get by or know where to start.

I think that anyone who takes their time on the test, really understands the question and what they're asking, and carefully combs through the answers before selecting the best option will be fine. A lot of the questions are like this:

What is one outcome of decentralized control of an organization?
a. more rigid structure and top down control
b. more authority and power given to front-line supervisors and employees
c. decreased flexibility at lower levels of the organization
d. decreased communication between the levels of management

If you chose B, you'll be fine. There will be some that will catch you off guard, but for the most part about 50% of the questions are like this one I just gave.

Don't stress this too much, if you're worried study a bit- but I promise, if you're getting 70+ on the practice tests, you'll do fine on this test.

You got it!

Hi everybody,

I just wanted to highlight that Coursera's Deep Learning Specialization has received new ACE accreditation from 06/01/2025 through 05/31/2028.

Previously, this specialization had 5 LL courses.

Now, it has the following (see link: https://www.acenet.edu/National-Guide/Pa...0d3a33232a):

- Applied Techniques in Machine Learning Systems, 3 credits, UL
- Deep Learning Architectures, 3 credits, UL
- Fundamentals of Neural Networks and Deep Learning, 3 credits, LL


The great thing about this change is that you can now earn 2 UL courses that can likely be applied to TESU’s BACS (or any other CS/IT degree).

Hello, trying to figure out what classes I Can earn ace credit through( Sophia learning, StraighterLine, study.com, Saylor) that will transfer to Excelsior towards a BS in Criminal Justice? Does anyone possibly have a degree path chart or something similar showing which classes are options for each course requirement? As well as which course are accepted to transfer in? Also, which courses must you take at excelsior.   Thank you in advance. 

I believe they just recently launched these programs as I haven't seen them before:


Masters in Applied Artificial Intelligence
https://amberton.edu/degree-programs/mas...elligence/

Graduate Certificate in AI
https://amberton.edu/degree-programs/cer...-graduate/