1. Consortium Programming MCCA’s Role?

2. Michigan Radiologic & Imaging Science (MiRIS) Consortium  Purpose  Prepare MRI Technicians  Need for the consortium  Evolving Profession  High Demand  Scarcity of Clinical opportunities

3. The Partnership  Kellogg Community College  Lansing Community College  Grand rapids Community College  Lake Michigan College  Mid Michigan Community College  Grand Valley State University

4. Curriculum Structure  Didactic Online  Clinical in Home Community  30 student cohort – 5 students per partner  Admission Requirements Established by Consortium  Curriculum Approved by Accrediting Body  Structure Approved by HLC

5. Administrative Structure  Fiscal Entity – Kellogg Community College  One Program Coordinator – Hired by consortium, housed at Kellogg  Faculty recruited, teach and compensated by home institution

6. Business Model  All courses loaded on individual partner taxonomy  Credentials from home institution  Registration Occurs through VLC  VLC Tuition rate and process used  10% to VLC  20% to Home Institution  70% to Consortium  All expensed incurred by partners billed to consortium  Excess / Deficit divided equally amongst partners

7. Outcomes  Fully enrolled  100% completion rate  100% placement rate  Consortium was REVENUE source in 2013-14  Nobody was hurt, some people are still friends

8. Challenges and Opportunities  Fiscal Model Cumbersome and Burdensome  Partners neutrality and roles questioned  MCCA could play more prominent role  MCO will facilitate / enhance processes  Current Program could be expanded  Model can be adopted by future programs, adding greater efficiency to process.