Excelsior College now Awards Academic Credit for all 11 CompTIA Certifications; Excelsior Recognizes the Quality of CompTIA Certification Exams.Business Editors/Education Writers OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 6, 2003 The Computing Technology Industry Association See CompTIA. (CompTIA) announced today that Excelsior College Excelsior College, a member of the University of the State of New York, is a private college in Albany, New York offering associate, bachelors and masters degree programs in Business, Technology, Liberal Arts, Health Sciences, and Nursing. , the nation's largest and oldest distance-learning institution, now awards academic credit for all 11 of the association's technology-focused certifications. College credit earned through CompTIA certifications will be applied toward electives in the Computer Information Systems bachelor of science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree program. "Excelsior's granting credit for CompTIA's full roster of certifications is a milestone for working adults in the technology field," said Gene Salois, vice president, Certification, CompTIA. "It says in effect that academic institutions are evaluating and finding that technology training and certification have demonstrable educational value. This realization can and will have a profound impact on careers, lifelong learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organisations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors. , and ultimately on productivity and quality within the technology field." Salois said that widespread technology training and certification grew rapidly in the 1990s with the rise of networked computers and the internet. During those years, educational institutions and commercial training organizations seemed to be at odds -- viewing one another as competitors rather than allies in a common endeavor. Only in the last few years have the two begun to recognize that education, training, and certification in the technology realm combine to produce well-rounded, flexible, and effective personnel. The granting of academic credit based on experience and certification is beginning to gain wider acceptance. "We feel it is important to validate the time and effort required to study and pass CompTIA certification exams," said Jo-Ann Rolle, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Business and Technology at Excelsior College. "This is another example of Excelsior's ability to provide the means for working adults to combine their professional training experiences with more traditional sources of college credit and earn an accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. degree." Rolle explained that after a comprehensive evaluation process, the Excelsior College Assessment Unit determined that the rigorous development process leading to the overall quality of the CompTIA certification examinations met the institution's criteria for college-level learning. Each of the 11 CompTIA certifications now equal either two or three credits toward meeting the elective requirements of the bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems. Previously Excelsior recognized CompTIA A+(TM), Network+(TM), and i-Net+(TM) certifications with academic credit. Joining these are CompTIA Linux+(TM), Security+(TM), Server+(TM), e-Biz+(TM), IT Project+(TM), CDIA See CompTIA. +(TM), CTT CTT Correios (Portuguese Postal Service) CTT Certified Technical Trainer CTT Charity Technology Trust CTT Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' (collaboration) CTT Common Task Training +(TM), and HTI HTI Haiti (ISO Country code) HTI High Tech Institute HTI Hand Tools Institute HTI Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia (Airport Code) HTI Horizontal Technology Integration +(TM). More information about college credit for IT certification can be found at the following Excelsior College Web address: www.itdegree.com. More information on CompTIA certifications can be found at: http://www.comptia.org/certification/default.asp. About Excelsior College Excelsior College (formerly Regents College) is the nation's oldest and largest distance-learning institution offering degrees based exclusively on outcomes-based assessment of learning. Based in Albany, NY, Excelsior has approximately 22,000 students currently enrolled and more than 100,000 graduates worldwide. Excelsior offers 33 degree programs, on the associate, bachelor's, and master's levels, in business and technology, liberal arts liberal arts, term originally used to designate the arts or studies suited to freemen. It was applied in the Middle Ages to seven branches of learning, the trivium of grammar, logic, and rhetoric, and the quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. and nursing. A recognized leader in the field of distance education, Excelsior College is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education Commission on Higher Education can refer to
About CompTIA CompTIA is a global trade association representing the business interests of the information technology industry. For more than 20 years CompTIA has provided research, networking and partnering opportunities to its more than 15,000 members in 89 countries. The association is involved in developing standards and best practices, and influencing the political, economic and educational arenas that impact IT worldwide. More information is at www.comptia.org. |
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