Penn Foster College

Overview
Penn Foster College is a distance learning school that provides a source of course credit for those pursuing Big 3 alternative approach degrees. Penn Foster is regionally accredited, but only for non-degree-granting education. In other words, any "diploma" received through Penn Foster will not be honored by a regionally-accredited university. In this respect it is more akin to a technical/vocational school such as ITT or DeVry. In fact, the Penn Foster mission statement calls it the Penn Foster Career School.

Though it can't award academic diplomas, Penn Foster can be a source of specific courses required to fill specific slots in a particular degree plan. However, always ensure any course you choose is ACE-recommended for credit during the period you will enroll. Failure to do so can result in wasted time, effort, and money as one unfortunate DegreeForum.net member apparently discovered.

Resources

 * Penn Foster College website
 * List of Penn Foster courses that are ACE-recommended for credit