1. MI-litary Equivalency Project

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4. Michigan Community College Association
Dr. Erica Orians Executive Director Michigan Center for Student Success
Michigan Community College Association

5. Michigan Community College Association
Katie Giardello Director, Veteran & Transfer Initiatives Michigan Center for Student Success
Michigan Community College Association

7. Gina Sobania, M.S. Director of Military, Veteran, & Adult Learner Services

8. Veterans Education Transfer System (VETS)
October 11, 2016
Veterans Education Transfer System (VETS)
Minnesota State

9. Veterans, Servicemembers and Families
Thank you for your Service to our Country

10. Minnesota State Student Information System
Degree Audit Reporting System

11. Minnesota State
53.3% increase of Veterans and Servicemembers since FY2008
Colleges = 58.8%
Universities = 41.3%

12. Veteran and Servicemember Headcount

13. Creating Infrastructure - 2006
Veteran Friendly Policies
Academic
Admissions
Deployment Policy
Credit for Prior Learning
Campus Veterans Centers
Finance Policies
Deferrals
Residency Tuition

14. In the Beginning…2008 Education on… WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
State Statutes
Minnesota State Policies and Procedures
Military Transcripts
ACE Evaluation Process

15. State Statute and Minnesota State Procedure
Recognize courses and award credit for military training based on ACE recommendations
2013 Legislative session: In recognizing courses and awarding educational credits, consideration must be given to academic skills developed in all aspects of the training or service course curriculum, and may not be limited solely to the physical fitness or activity components of the course.

16. Showing opportunities to Veterans and Servicemembers through a widely accessible VETS database
Display “one-by-one decisions” made in the regular transfer process
Complete “military occupation reviews” in partnership with the Minnesota National Guard and college faculty in related programs
31B - Military Police
42A - Human Resource Specialist
63B - Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic
68W - Health Care Specialist
Trigger an “occupational evaluation request” based on inquiries from Servicemembers and Veterans

17. Veterans Education Transfer System (VETS) www.veterans.mnscu.edu

18. Veterans Education Transfer System (VETS)

19. Veterans Education Transfer System (VETS)

20. Veterans Education Transfer System (VETS)

21. Veterans Education Transfer System (VETS)

22. Veterans Education Transfer System (VETS)
eAdvising – Online Help

23. How can we speed this up?
Number of Articulated Military Occupations

24. ACE Occupation Evaluation Overview (1974)
Identify skills, competencies, and knowledge
Examine materials
Official occupation manual, technical manuals, field manuals
Interview Servicemembers
Tasks for evaluators
Identify the learning represented in the occupation
Prepare a description of duties, skills, competencies, and knowledge
Formulation of credit recommendation
100% consensus
Gina
Source: ACE

25. ACE Occupation Evaluation Overview
Source: ACE

26. Human Resource Management Worksheet Faculty Review
USMC
2510
US Navy
HR NEC
US Army
42A
SIMILAR MILITARY OCCUPATIONS
ACE
ACE
3 Credits
Human Resource Management
Gina – Explain “acceleration” process
Worksheet
Faculty Review
Credit/No Credit Decision

27. Unduplicating Accelerating
Approximately
16,312 ACE credit
recommendations
Unduplicated to about 1,110 unique recommendations
93% reduction in redundant reviews; On average 1 decision addresses 14 repetitions
Steve
Why unduplicate academic credit recommendations?
An academic credit recommendation (e.g., 3 credits in introductory computers) will appear in numerous occupations, levels or ranks (e.g. 75 in this instance).

28. Credit Description Computer Applications
MIL OCCUP TITLE
Data Chief
Credit 3
Rank E6
Skill Level
SSGT
ACE ID
MCE
Credit Description Computer Applications

30. 55 occupations above with the computer applications recommendation
407 occupations below with the computer applications recommendation

32. Accelerated Decision Making
Equivalent to a specific course?
e.g., CPTR1104, 3 credits
Equivalent to a specific, department or general elective?
e.g., TECHT*** for technical elective
e.g., PHILT*** for a department elective
e.g., ELECT*** more general elective
Equivalent to a Minnesota Transfer Goal Area?
e.g., GOAL1 or SPCH AREA I
Gina

33. Accelerated Process Results
15 colleges have participated
Identified 605 academic courses
To 60,618 credit recommendations from ACE
Associated with 26,178 (2,671 unique) occupations from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard
Accelerated path to graduation for certificates, diplomas and degrees.
Michele

34. CAEL Fueling the Race to Postsecondary Success
PLA Students had better academic outcomes
Graduation rates and persistence
Shortened time to earn a degree

35. How can we speed this up?
Number of Articulated Military Occupations

36. Veterans Education Transfer System Number of Evaluated Military Occupations as of June 2016

37. VETS $27.5 million saved 6 million hours saved
Number of Credits Awarded for Military Courses and Occupations
Total: 147,190 credits awarded since FY2009
$27.5 million saved
6 million hours saved

38. Lessons Learned Since 2008 If I knew then what I know now…
Find Champions
Become an ACE evaluator
It takes TIME

39. Contact Information
Gina Sobania

40. Andrew Cosgrove Director, Veteran & Military Affairs

41. Matt Zeig Transfer Articulation Coordinator Office of the Registrar

42. Dr. DeeDee Stakely Director, Office of Transfer & Secondary School Partnerships

43. MI-litary Equivalency Project Goals
Build institutional capacity to utilize American Council on Education (ACE) credit recommendations listed on the Joint Services Transcript (JST) to establish direct transfer equivalencies.
Support institutions in articulating military experience to general education requirements and build equivalencies for specific Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs), as appropriate to each campus.
Showcase developed equivalencies in institutional transfer equivalency databases.

44. MI-litary Equivalency Project Scope
Interdepartmental community of practice
Credit evaluation staff
School Certifying Officials (SCO)
Department/College faculty and staff involved with course equivalencies
Veteran allies/advocates, particularly those with the military voice
Supporting resources and ongoing professional development
Information sharing - articles and other publications, best practice policies, relevant data projects, presentations seen at conferences, etc.
Opportunities for cross-institution dialogue on related topics
Webinars and other events on relevant topics
Technical assistance as-needed

45. Recommendations for Successful Participation
Wrap-around student veteran success strategies
Consider using CMVE’s purchased Kognito licenses (read more)
Engaged on-campus workgroup
Active participation in training and
dialogue opportunities
Commitment to exploring new policies and processes to improve the campus’s ability to award direct, consistent credit for military experience
Data and progress monitoring

46. Next Steps Landscape Assessment Covers three categories
Credit for Prior Learning
JST and ACE Credit Recommendations
Institutional Capacity
Complete online before 11/4/16
Click here to take assessment – one respondent per institution is preferred

47. Next Steps October 2016 November 2016 December 2016
Landscape assessment tool
Assemble campus workgroup
November 2016
Webinars:
Early November (date TBA) – Building Your Campus Workgroup and Action Plan
SAVE THE DATE! 11/29/16, 1:30-3PM – Council on Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) will present: Talking PLA and Transferability
December 2016
Campus action planning and utilization of suggested “on-demand” resources – more details on this will be discussed in early November!

48. Q & A