Several years ago, Portsmouth, Virginia, firefighter Dave Miles suddenly found himself three credits short of his associate's degree and with not enough time to take a course in order to be able to graduate with his class. He had never heard of the CLEP program before this, but went on to get a total of 18 CLEP credits and complete his undergraduate degree in emergency medical systems management at Hampton University in Virginia. Increasingly, firefighters are going to college.
Building codes have improved over the years, thus there are fewer fires.
For Miles, CLEP served as an invaluable boost in getting him on the road to a better education and greater career opportunities. The positive energy generated by CLEP helped spur Miles on to finish his master's degree in public administration at Troy State University in Norfolk, Virginia. All rights reserved.