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YouTube. The Ultimate Learning Hack.

Maybe you started a family. Maybe all your attention has been going toward your current career path. Maybe you’ve been immersed in your military service. For whatever reason, life got in the way of fully pursuing a field that interests you. If you’re looking to finally earn college credit for the knowledge you already have, […]

Behind the Credits: Business

As rewarding as earning a degree is, deciding on which one to pursue can be extremely challenging. To help with that, we’re putting together a spotlight series designed to offer a quick glimpse at specific areas of study. We’re calling it “Behind the Credits,” and our first edition focuses on the world of business. “Business” […]

Focusing After Failing

So you failed a test. Congratulations! In failing, you’ve joined the ranks of nearly everyone else on Planet Earth, including some of the brightest minds out there. There are countless quotes, stories, and books and dedicated to lessons learned and progress made because of failure. How we try, fail, and try again defines each of […]

Uncommon Uses for 3 Common Degrees

PSYCHOLOGY If you’re not sure about the whole couch time thing, keep in mind there are lots of other interesting ways to put a psychology degree to use. Engineering psychologists analyze how we interact with technology, including consumer products, industrial machines, workspaces, and more. These specialists take what they know about how humans think, apply […]

4 Things Prospective Non-Traditional Students Need To Know

At first, the prospect of completing your education in a non-traditional way may seem overwhelming. But the truth is, you’ll be following in the footsteps of many others, there are lots of convenient ways to do it, and you won’t have to do it alone. Here are four crucial things to understand about becoming a […]

Prometric® Receives Approval from ACE on 10 DSST® Prior-Learning Assessment Program Exams

American Council on Education (ACE) Recommends All Titles for College Credit BALTIMORE, MARYLAND (August 1, 2018) — Prometric®, creator of DSST® the prior-learning assessment program, announced that the American Council on Education’s College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT®) completed its review of 10 DSST exams. Eight revised DSST exams as well as two newly created exams […]

DSST Spotlight: UMUC

At DSST, our nationally recognized testing program allows students to earn college credit for learning acquired outside the classroom. That’s why we pride ourselves on the relationships we hold with established colleges and universities across the country. It’s about the shared approach of empowering all types of students to reach their academic goals efficiently, effectively, […]