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February 17, 2016
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Objectives
• Describe the Multi-State Collaborative on Military
Credit (MCMC).
• Illustrate how the State Authorization Reciprocity
Agreement (SARA) affects servicemembers.
• Summarize the MCMC’s Data, Technology, and Systems
survey that captured how member states gather data
on servicemembers and what data is being collected.
• Identify what the MCMC is doing to match military
experience and training to civilian licensure and
certification.
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MCMC Overview
• The mission of the Multi-State Collaborative on
Military Credit (MCMC) is to facilitate an
interstate partnership of 13 states, and to
translate competencies acquired by veterans
through military training and experiences toward
college credits and or civilian workforce licensure
and certifications. States will exchange
information and share best practices in the areas
of articulation of credit, certification and
licensure, communication, and data and
technology.
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Project Goals
• Maximize ways for student servicemembers and
veterans, and to transition to college.
• Create models for consistently, transparently, and
effectively awarding credit for military training
and experience that can be scaled regionally and
nationally.
• Establish strong partnerships with institutions
and organizations for the purpose of promoting
our shared interests.
• Generate a system for documenting and tracking
academic progression at the state level.
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SARA
State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement
• What is it?
• Where and how does it work?
• How does it benefit members of the military,
their dependents, and veterans?
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SARA:
changes the way an IHE complies with state
authorization in a state
Seek “authorization” in as
many as 54 states and
territories
Seek “authorization” in
54 – SARA number of
states
One approval for
all SARA states
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http://nc-sara.org/sara-states-institutions
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What’s in the future for SARA?
2016
• 45 states expected
• 1000-ish institutions expected
• Additional clarity and language to address the
delivery of courses on military bases
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SARA Key Elements
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Benefits to Students who are Active
Military Members or Veterans
1. NC-SARA Policies and Standards provides:
http://nc-sara.org/files/docs/NC-SARA%20Policies%
20and%20Standards%20for%20January%2014%202016
.pdf
* Change in Spring 2016 to make SARA coverage more
comprehensive
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Benefits to Students who are Active
Military Members or Veterans
2. Student Relocation
SARA makes it easier for a student who is
relocated for whatever reason to continue with
a program of study he or she started in one state
and needs to continue in another state.
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Benefits to Students who are Active
Military Members or Veterans
3. Closer relationships between states
Under SARA, it is easier for members of the
military to know whom to contact when they
are relocated and need to pursue their studies
from a different state.
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Benefits to Students who are Active
Military Members or Veterans
4. Database of SARA programs across the
nation coming in ?2017?
Students will be able to search the database to
see all programs in which s/he is interested that
are offered by a SARA institution.
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Benefits to Students who are Active
Military Members or Veterans
5. SARA and MCMC
There is a close relationship between the MCMC
and SARA staff. There is a constant conversation
between these folks so SARA personnel stay
current with the educational concerns and
needs of military members and veterans.
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Data, Technology and Systems Survey
• MCMC member states participated
• Definitions for “veteran” differ
• States/organizations/institutions identify student
servicemembers and veterans by using a
combination of the following: 90% track veteran
enrollment by college applications, 81% by
educational benefits use, and 54% FAFSA data.
• Just 50% track servicemembers and veterans
from entry to completion
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Data, Technology and Systems Survey
• 94% of states have enacted or are in the
process of enacting policies or legislation for
military training and experience to be counted
as college credit
• 60% of states have a written policy regarding
the review and transfer of military credit
equivalency from the JST or CCAF.
• 73% have a policy for PLA at public institutions
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Data, Technology and Systems Survey
• Even though most of us have a good start on
data collection much more work needs to be
done. We need to agree upon
– The definition of “veteran” for data collection
purposes
– What needs to be tracked
– Military training and education and how that can
be translated into useful college credits
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Licensure and Certification
• MCMC member states are currently creating an
inventory of all bridge programs for student
servicemembers and veterans.
• MCMC is focusing on healthcare/allied health
careers, IT, logistics/manufacturing
• Using strength and separation data for all enlisted
(primary)MOCs to see where other potential
matches from military occupations can be made
to civilian careers and how to bridge those.
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We All Share the Same Vision
• Maximize ways for student servicemembers,
veterans to transition to college and the
civilian workforce
• Create models for consistently, transparently,
and effectively awarding credit for military
training and experience
• Establish strong partnerships with institutions
and organizations
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Thank You
• Sara Appel
Multi-State Collaborative on Military Credit, Project Coordinator
Midwestern Higher Education Compact
Cell: 765.586.6512
[email protected]
• Tari Lambert
Director, TransferIN
Transfer Indiana Central Office
Office Phone: 765.285.5810 • Cell: 765.716.8764
[email protected]
• Jenny Parks
Midwestern State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (M-SARA), Director
Midwestern Higher Education Compact
Office Phone: 612.287.5131 • Cell: 608.461.0138
[email protected]
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