1. SOC Pre-Conference Workshop Council of College and Military Educators (CCME) February 15, 2016 SOC is funded by the Department of Defense (DoD) through a contract with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). The contract is managed for DoD by the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES).

3. New Focus: Career and Technical Education Program (CTE)  New program that aligns with the DoD Strategic Plan for Voluntary Education –Promote educational pathways to career and technical programs; focusing on positive employment options upon program completion –Ensure servicemembers are properly informed of the array of educational opportunities including type of degrees and certificates available and education and career roadmap to successful completion  The Program Goal –Highlight and promote Career and Technical Education certificate/associate degrees with bright employment outlooks  Supporting data shaping the Career and Technical Education Program –Tuition Assistance usage and graduation patterns for previous years –Employment forecasts by Department of Labor (bright outlook)

4. Career and Technical Education Program (CTE)  SOC will develop, vet, and maintain a resource list of career and technical education degrees (associate level) and certificates  No more than 200 schools/entities initially, covering broad career and technical program areas  Review of vocational/occupations programs completed by Servicemembers (across all Services) –Meets educational needs of military, have bright employment outlooks, and meet the program criteria –credit-bearing certificate programs closely aligned with identified career fields –Determined that bright outlook clusters/pathways at the associate level sufficiently covered by SOC DNS Networks

5. Career and Technical Education Program (CTE)  National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) - www.careertech.org/Career-Clusterswww.careertech.org/Career-Clusters  The initial application phase began fall 2015 in these areas: –Business Management & Administration –Health Sciences –Information Technology –Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security –Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics –Transportation, Distribution & Logistics  CTE Resource Guide available on SOC Web site Spring 2016  Additional solicitations may be released for underserved, high need Clusters

6. Career and Technical Education Program (CTE)  Business Management & Administration –Business Administration –Entrepreneurial Studies –Human Resources –Operations Management  Information Technology –Information Support & Services –Network Systems –Programming & Software Development  Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security –Emergency Management Services –Homeland Security  Transportation, Distribution & Logistics –Logistics Operations –Supply Chain Operations –Transportation Operations –Warehousing & Distribution Center Operations  Health Sciences –Healthcare Practitioners & Technical Occupations Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Emergency Medical Technician Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Paramedic Pharmacy Technician –Healthcare Support Occupations Dental Assistant Endoscopy Technician Health Information Technician Medical Assistant Medical Records Phlebotomist  Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics –Electronics Engineering Technology

7. Career and Technical Education Program (CTE) Criteria  Institutional requirements can be reviewed at http://www.soc.aascu.org/soccte/CTEMember.html http://www.soc.aascu.org/soccte/CTEMember.html  Must be DoD MOU signatories  Review evaluated credit for military training and occupational experience within each certificate program, where applicable  Approved by the appropriate State Approving Agency (SAA) for Veteran Affairs education benefits  Stackable or fully integrate into other college-offered degree programs  Programmatic accreditation, if applicable  Affirmation of compliance with the SOC Principles and Criteria

8. Career and Technical Education Program (CTE) Status  Received applications from 96 colleges/universities for 1,108 certificate programs  Active list includes 76 institutions from 33 states and Puerto Rico  More than 450 certificate programs are still actively being evaluated for inclusion  Break out by Career Clusters: –Information Technology – 35% –Business Management and Administration – 29% –Health Sciences – 27% –Science, Technology, Engineering, Math – 6% –Law/Public Safety/Corrections/Security – 3% –Transportation/Distribution/Logistics – 1%

9. SOC and GoArmyEd Academic Facilitator since October 2005 SOC works with HQ ACES (Army Continuing Education System) and the GoArmyEd technology integrator on issues relating to academic policy and college participation in the portal SOC-GoArmyEd Team GoArmyEd Associate Director 3 Academic Liaisons 1 Database Coordinator 1 Non-LOI Coordinator 1 Program Associate Develop and revise degree maps (with the technology integrator) Approve new Drop Down degree programs Respond to CRM Cases Assist LOI schools with wide variety of issues Monitor LOI school compliance Communicate with stakeholders Host and facilitate quarterly LOI School calls, Host Wednesday morning call with HQ ACES and the technology integrator Send communications to LOI schools as requested Participate on ACES/IMCOM Field Calls, meetings Contact colleges when issues are raised by HQ ACES or others Facilitate academic issues for new LOI colleges Present school issues and concerns to HQ ACES Responsibilities and Activities

10. What Stays the Same?

11. The Degree Network System What are the building blocks?  Key features valued by Military Services: —Guaranteed-Transferability —Evaluated credit for military training/experience —Limited Academic Residency  Student Agreements  Graduate Survey

12. Earning a Degree From a DNS School Student selects home college Home College Home college issues Student Agreement based on full evaluation of prior learning: --courses from other colleges --nationally-recognized exam results --ACE Guide credit recommendations for military training and experience --certification examinations The student completes 25% academic residence (30% for fully online degree) while completing degree Other Colleges Remaining degree requirements on the Student Agreement may be completed at other colleges Courses with SOC DNS Course Category Codes shared by Core Member institutions transfer back to the home college Student seeks prior, official approval from home college to transfer other courses to meet degree requirements Non-traditional Credit Student Agreement is updated with additional, applicable military-related credit and nationally-recognized examination results Home college awards degree Meeting servicemembers needs

13. Student Agreement Components College Information Student Information Degree Requirements Credit Hours Awarded Guaranteed Transferability

14. Graduate Report

15. Courses “tentatively” assigned Category Codes based on course content New course not added to Category Code or rejecting college’s course removed from Category Code General Education, major, and major- related courses reviewed Peer review: circulation process not 100% approved 100% approved Course is entered into T-Tables if degree meets 40% standard SOC DNS Circulation Process

16. SOC Degree Network System Credit Evaluation Supplement  Purpose: academic placement guidelines for optimizing application of non-traditional credit toward degree requirements  Credit mapping of ACE credit recommendations for military training & occupational specialty experience  CLEP/DSST/ Excelsior UExcel ® Exams  CCAF Courses

17. Joint Services Transcript (JST)

18. What Has Changed?  Student access to additional programs  Focus on Guaranteed-Transfer Networks  Review of degrees with greater emphasis on emerging career fields  New membership process  Identify articulation agreements between SOC DNS-2 and DNS-4 institutions

19. DNS Membership Review  Two tiered-assessment: –Membership at the institution level –Academic fit of degree offerings within existing and developing Guaranteed Transfer Networks  Member institutions advised of their status December 2015/January 2016  System that reflects the needs of the Services

20. Where Are We Now?

21. Institutional Membership Criteria  All DNS institutions are required to be a signed member of the DoD MOU in good standing.  Current Enrollment Trend-DoD/Services – (Source: Department of Defense data)  Current Enrollment Trend-DNS – (Source: DNS Data)  Tuition – (Source: DoD MOU database)  Loan Default Rate – (Source: CollegeScorecard)  Median Borrowing Rate – (Source: CollegeScorecard)  Composite Financial Health – (Source: Financial Composite Score Website)  90⁄ 10 Rule Violation Status – (Source: U.S. Department of Education)  Course Completion Rate –(Source: Department of Defense data)  Flexible Policies – (Source: Individual Institution Web sites and Catalogs)  Readmission Policy – (Source: Individual Institution Web sites and Catalogs)  Prior Learning Assessment Policies – (Source: Individual Institution Web sites and Catalogs)  Complaint History – (Source: PECS Database)  Past Performance in DNS (For current or past DNS members only) – (Source: DNS Data)

22. Membership CriteriaDefinition Delivery MethodsFlexible and multiple Delivery Methods, as identified by the U.S. Department of Education Emerging Career Fields Degree program is listed as an emerging high demand career field with positive job placement opportunities, per U.S. Department of Labor Guaranteed Transferability (GT) Participate in two-way guarantee of coursework with a minimum of 40% in the Major/Major Related degree requirements Specialized Accreditation Degree has specialized programmatic accreditation, as identified by the U.S. Department of Education Career-Related Degree A direct relationship to MOS/Ratings. If yes, does the Institution agree to award credit for military training and experience? Program Articulations Identification of existing articulation agreements (in-state, 2+2, degree completion) for the degree Degree-Level Criteria for DNS Membership

23. Network Development Course review & Category development Designate major and major-related requirements Define Emerging Network Network Launch Peer review through Course Circulation Results (Courses and Degrees) listed on Web and in handbook

24.  Guaranteed-Transfer Networks Accounting Automotive Maintenance Business Administration Computer Studies Criminal Justice Electronics Technology General and Liberal Studies General Business Hospitality Management and Services Management Marketing/Retailing Office Administration and Technology Paralegal Studies Psychology Allied Health Applied Science and Technology Aviation Studies Construction Technology Education/Instructional Development Other Career-Related Technical Management DNS-2 Networks  Auxiliary Networks

25. Accounting Banking/Finance Business Administration Computer Studies Criminal Justice General Business Health Services Management History Human Resource Management Information Systems Management Management Marketing/Retailing Psychology Public Administration Technical Management  Auxiliary Networks Applied Science and Technology Aviation Studies Communication Education/Instructional Development Electronics Technology General and Liberal Studies Homeland Security Interdisciplinary Studies Other Career-Related Religion DNS-4 Networks  Guaranteed-Transfer Networks

26.  Web site  Electronic submission processes  Communication and training  Streamlined SOC DNS Handbooks Current Initiatives

27. SOC DNS Resources

28. DNS on the Web

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