Beth Calvert, a 35-year-old registered nurse at a Milwaukee hospital, hopes to enroll in the program to earn her bachelor's in nursing.

WSJ: College Degree, No Class Time Required

Elsewhere, some schools offer competency-based credits or associate degrees in areas such as nursing and business, while Northern Arizona University plans a similar program that would offer bachelor's degrees for a flat fee, said spokesman Eric Dieterle.

WSJ: College Degree, No Class Time Required

Officials plan to launch the full program this fall, with bachelor's degrees in subjects including information technology and diagnostic imaging, plus master's and bachelor's degrees for registered nurses.

WSJ: College Degree, No Class Time Required

Instead, he will sit through hours of testing at his home computer in Milwaukee under a new program that promises to award a bachelor's degree based on knowledge not just class time or credits.

WSJ: College Degree, No Class Time Required

Exam candidates must have a bachelor's degree, three years of experience and complete a CFP Board-registered education program--or have earned one of an alphabet soup of other credentials.

FORBES: Got To Have A Plan

Mr. Tata received a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture with Structural Engineering from Cornell University in 1962 and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1975.

FORBES: Ratan Tata