1. Veterans Education Transfer System – Accelerated Process
August 16, 2016
Veterans Education Transfer System – Accelerated Process

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

3. Saint Paul College
? increase of Veterans and Servicemembers since FY2008

4. Saint Paul College
89.6% Increase of Veterans and Servicemembers since FY2008
328 students identified in FY2015

5. Veteran and Servicemember Headcount

6. Military Basics Army = Soldiers Marine Corps = Marines Navy = Sailors
Air Force = Airmen
Coast Guard = Coast Guardsman

7. Military Transcripts Air Force – Community College of the Air Force
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard – JST – Joint Services Transcript

8. Military Transcripts
Gina

9. Military Branches Curriculum
Standardized occupation related training
Syllabus driven
Texts, manuals and references
Classroom + field experience
Outcome oriented instruction
Competency based examination
Awarded Occupation
Earn levels and ranks through continuing education, experience and performance
US Military
Army
Military Occupation Specialty (MOS)
Marine Corps
Occupational Field
Navy
Rating or Designator
Air Force
AFSC
Coast Guard
Group and Rating
Gina – military branches
Michele or Steve - Curriculum

10. State Statute and MnSCU Procedures
M.S
Credit for Prior Learning Procedure , Part 3, Sub C.
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.”

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

12. Veterans Education Transfer System (VETS)

13. Veterans Education Transfer System (VETS)

14. Veterans Education Transfer System (VETS)

15. Veterans Education Transfer System (VETS)

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

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

18. 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

19. ACE Occupation Evaluation Overview
Source: ACE

20. ACE Occupation Evaluation Overview
Steve
Per fac 10 req = 2 wks
Per HE = 56 wks FT
7 hrs/req
16,000 rccms, 200 pp, 2 min/p
241 requests
¼ or 7,500 enter HE
30,000 MN
1/50th or 2%
1.5 M
22.7 M

21. 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

22. 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).

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

25. 55 occupations above with the computer applications recommendation
407 occupations below with the computer applications recommendation

27. 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

28. 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

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

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

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

32. 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

33. ACE Recommendation vs. Occupation

34. ACE Military Guide Online
Search Occupations

35. ACE Military Guide Online
Knowledge, skills and abilities in Description

36. ACE Military Guide Online

37. ACE Military Guide Online

38. Contact Information
Gina Sobania