Some corporations and public organizations offer courses that have credit recommendations from ACE and National PONSI. Academic credit may be granted in accordance with the recommendations in ACE's The National Guide to Educational Credit for Training Programs or National Ponsi's College Credit Recommendations and in accordance with USF transfer policies.
Acceptable documentation of the course work would include an organization's official transcripts, certificates, or letter stating the title of the course and the dates of attendance and satisfactory completion. Such documentation must match exactly the information in the guidebooks.
Students may also submit an official ACE transcript which lists all course work taken and credit recommendations (see below). National PONSI does not provide a transcript.
Some organizations that have been evaluated by ACE no longer choose to be listed in the National Guide. There is a list of these in the front section of the book. Credit cannot be granted for this work without an official ACE transcript. In other cases a student's copies of records are so incomprehensible that an official ACE transcript is the only way to determine if credit should be awarded. To request a transcript write:
American Council on Education
Registry of Credit Recommendation
Office of Educational Credit and Credentials
One Dupont Circle
Washington DC 20036-1193
(202) 939-9434
www.acenet.edu
At USF the acronym PONSI is sometimes used to refer to units earned by students from Pacific Bell. This is an out of date designation. Pacific Bell employees used to be able to request a T300 training report from their supervisor. This form is being phased out. Students who are no longer employed with Pacific Bell and or who cannot get a T300 should contact ACE for an ACE transcript. For more information PacBell students should contact Nancy Thomas at PacBell (925) 823-5839.
