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EIT/PE Training Systems
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EIT/PE Cd / dvd / video
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EIT/PE lectures
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EIT/PE books
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BOOKS |
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PROVIDERS |
Kaplan, Mgi |
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COST |
up to $ 1000 for a
complete set of books |
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BUSINESS
MODEL |
Provider sells a
product, not a service |
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Not specialized in
engineering licensure training. |
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A general test-prep
service, for high-school, accounting, business, law, medical, nursing,
architects and other fields |
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Does not hire,
employ or maintain a full-time engineering teaching staff |
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Is operated by
business, financial and marketing majors with no engineering
backgrounds.
Contracts with engineers on a free-lance basis to write material for a
fixed time-interval.
These engineers write material on a side-line basis outside their main
careers in full-time employment with engineering firms and they
do not have daily eit/pe teaching experience. |
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Does not offer any
kind of academic support.
Does not operate academic support centers which use full-time engineering
educators, staffed on a 24/7 basis to fully support user's training for
licensure. |
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DISADVANTAGES |
users must learn
material by reading text |
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self-study is
required |
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the books are
reference handbooks which only list the formulas.
they are not textbooks and are not designed to study out of.
If the users wants to study out of a book, he should purchase all the 15
to 30 engineering textbooks which cover all the subjects.
studying out of textbooks is difficult, even for engineering students who
have the advantages of lectures and study-groups
reading text makes users fall asleep
there is no help when the user is stuck |
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no academic support
of any kind is available
no email academic support
no pcvoice academic support
no audio/whiteboard academic support
no live 24/7 private instruction via toll-free phone
no live 24/7 private instruction via web-conferencing |
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low pass rates
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CD
/ DVD / VIDEO |
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PROVIDER |
SmartPros |
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| TIME |
10 to 50 hours |
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COST |
$ 20 to $ 50 per
instruction hour |
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BUSINESS
MODEL |
Provider sells a
product, not a service |
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Not specialized in
engineering licensure training. |
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A general test-prep
service, for accounting, business, law, medical, nursing, architects and
other fields |
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Does not hire,
employ or maintain a full-time engineering teaching staff |
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Is operated by
business, financial and marketing majors with no engineering
backgrounds.
Contracts with engineers on a free-lance basis to write material for a
fixed time-interval.
These engineers write material on a side-line basis outside their main
careers in full-time employment with engineering firms and they
do not have daily eit/pe teaching experience. |
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Does not offer any
kind of academic support.
Does not operate academic support centers which use full-time engineering
educators, staffed on a 24/7 basis to fully support user's training for
licensure. |
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DISADVANTAGES |
users receive
lectures |
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self-study is
required |
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cd's have limited
scope, it is impossible to review 5 years of engineering material in 20
hours
cd's lack detail, they skip topics, present very few problems
no help is available when the user is stuck |
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no academic support
of any kind is available
no email academic support
no pcvoice academic support
no audio/whiteboard academic support
no live 24/7 private instruction via toll-free phone
no live 24/7 private instruction via web-conferencing |
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low pass rates
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LECTURE
CLASS |
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PROVIDERS |
Testmasters |
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TIME |
20 to 50 hours |
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COST |
$ 20 to $ 50 per
instruction hour |
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BUSINESS
MODEL |
Provider sells a
product, not a service |
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Not specialized in
engineering licensure training. |
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A general test-prep
service, for high-school, accounting, business, law, medical, nursing,
architects and other fields |
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Does not hire,
employ or maintain a full-time engineering teaching staff |
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Is operated by
business, financial and marketing majors with no engineering
backgrounds.
Contracts with engineers on a free-lance basis to write material for a
fixed time-interval.
These engineers write material on a side-line basis outside their main
careers in full-time employment with engineering firms and they
do not have daily eit/pe teaching experience. |
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Does not offer any
kind of academic support.
Does not operate academic support centers which use full-time engineering
educators, staffed on a 24/7 basis to fully support user's training for
licensure. |
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DISADVANTAGES |
users receive
lectures |
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self-study is
required outside lectures |
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there is much
wasted time in commuting to class
in class there is not much time to ask questions
limited learning occurs in class
users must learn outside class
users listen to lectures with minimal retention
not many problems can be worked due to time constraints
missed sessions when the user is sick
user cant replay the class
user is too busy copying notes from the blackboard instead of learning |
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no academic support
of any kind is available
no email academic support
no pcvoice academic support
no audio/whiteboard academic support
no live 24/7 private instruction via toll-free phone
no live 24/7 private instruction via web-conferencing |
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users spend
commuting to class to listen to lectures |
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classes do not
always run, they require a minimum nr of users. Class gets cancelled if
below minimum |
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classes are
available in only a few locations |
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low pass rates
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ONLINE
TRAINING SYSTEM WITH FULL ACADEMIC SUPPORT |
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PROVIDER |
ENSYS
Engineering Training |
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TIME |
1000 hours for EIT,
1000 hours for PE |
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COST |
$ 1.80 to $ 2.40 per
instruction hour |
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BUSINESS
MODEL |
Offers a
training service; an engineering re-education program; does not sell a
product |
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Specialized in
engineering licensure training |
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maintains a
full-time engineering teaching staff; over 60,000 hours of eit/pe teaching
experience |
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Is operated by
engineers and engineering educators on a full-time basis who teach eit/pe
material daily |
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Offer full academic
support;
Operates four dedicated academic support centers staffed on a
full-time, live 24/7 basis by by engineering educators to fully support
user's training for licensure. |
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ADVANTAGES |
Pass rates over 90% |
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Problem-solving
training program. Users are trained in solving 10,000 hours with proven
training methods |
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training system is
accessible 24/7 from any computer anywhere, with unlimited access; no
commuting to any class required |
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Program can be done
online or offline |
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No reading of text |
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No lectures |
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Program comes with
5 levels of academic support
email academic support
pcvoice academic support
audio/whiteboard academic support
live 24/7 private instruction via toll-free phone
live 24/7 private instruction via web-conferencing
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