What is ACE?

1. "Reviewing ACE Procedures and Processes for Course Evaluation"Cynthia BruceAssociate Director, Military ProgramsCivilian Personnel Management ServiceWashington, DCMarch 25, 2008

2. What is ACE? • American Council on Education • An independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1918. • ACE provides a forum for the discussion and decision-making on education issues of national importance and seeks to coordinate the interests of all segments of the higher education community into a single voice.

3. ACECenter for Lifelong Learning Guiding Philosophy “WHAT an individual learns is more important than WHEN, WHERE, and HOW the individual learned it.” Extra-institutional Learning……. defined as learning that is attained outside the sponsorship of legally authorized and accredited post-secondary institutions.

4. ACECenter for Lifelong Learning PROGRAM EVALUATIONS  Military Programs  Corporate Programs (CREDIT)

5. What is the Military Evaluations Program (MEP)? • The Military Evaluations Program provides institutions with a basis for recognizing military educational experiences in terms of civilian academic credit. • Since the early 40s, MEP has reviewed and made credit recommendations for thousands of college-level courses offered by the military services. • Since 1974, MEP began evaluation of military occupational specialties as well.

6. FUNDING……Who pays???DoD Contract • Department of Defense Instruction 1322.25, “Voluntary Education Programs,” outlines the policy and guidance for review of military training and experiences for award of equivalent college credits for members of the Armed Forces. • DANTES funds and manages a contract with ACE for evaluation of all the Services’ (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard) training courses and occupations. • In fiscal year 2007, Military Programs conducted 27 installation visits and evaluated 600 courses and 59 occupations. These reviews resulted in over 2,800 semester hours in the lower division, over 1,500 semester hours in the upper division, and over 200 semester hours in the graduate degree category.

7. Course Evaluations Military • Formal military instruction and military occupations specialties courses approved by a central authority • Correspondence courses with proctored end-of course exams • Distance learning/online courses with documented rigid controltest conditions and firm identification of the student.

8. Army Enlisted and Warrant Officer Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) Navy General rates and ratings, limited duty and warrant officer specialties, selected Naval Enlisted Cods (NECs) Military Occupation Evaluations • Coast Guard • General rates and ratings, warrant officer specialties, selected aviation billets (pilots) • Marine Corps • Selected enlisted aviation MOSs • Ground MOSs

9. What Military Programs Does Not Evaluate…… • Air Force courses transcribed by the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) • Military schools with degree-granting status • Courses outsourced to colleges and universities • Coast Guard Qualification Codes

10. What is the Credit Recommendation Service (CREDIT) Program? • Connects workplace learning with colleges and universities by helping adults gain access to academic credit for formal courses and examinations taken outside traditional degree programs. • The CREDIT Program provides institutions with a basis for recognizing corporate training in terms of academic credit. • CREDIT provides an official transcript documenting credit for workplace training • Provides advocacy and advisory service to individuals registering for the CREDIT transcript service

11. FUNDING……who paysfor CREDIT Reviews??? • An organization pays the review fee and direct costs associated with a review. • An organization or a student pay for the transcript service. To join the ACE transcript service is $40, which includes one complimentary transcript. Additional transcripts are $15 each.

12. Course Evaluations Corporate • Formal training submitted to ACE by an organization • Onsite or distance learning courses with end of course exams • Experience for occupational-related criteria are part of the evaluation

13. Program Evaluation Activities Evaluate formal courses and occupational specialties Publish course and occupation descriptions and academic credit recommendations Transcript and registry services

14. Commission on Lifelong Learning

15. Term Ending June 30, 2008 John J. Bowen, University President, Johnson & Wales University (RI) Robert A. Corrigan, President San Francisco State University (CA) Jay Halfond, Dean, Metropolitan College, Boston University (MA) Scott E. Knapp, President, Central Maine Community College Cameron J. Martindale, Senior Vice Chancellor for Advancement and External Relations, Troy University (AL) Irvin D. Reid, President, Wayne State University (MI) Craig D. Weidemann, Vice President for Outreach, The Pennsylvania State University Term Ending June 30, 2009 Tony Atwater, President  , Indiana University of Pennsylvania Fay R. Avery, Chancellor, University of Northern Virginia Lionel R. Bordeaux, President, Sinte Gleska University (SD) Vicky L. Carwein, Chancellor, Washington State University Tri-Cities Terrence A. Gomes, President, Roxbury Community College (MA) Judith A. Ramaley, President, Winona State University (MN) Term Ending June 30, 2010 Deborah M. DiCroce, President, Tidewater Community College (VA) Mauri Ditzler, President, Monmouth College (IL) William B. Drake, Jr., President, Midway College (KY) Rockne Freitas, Chancellor, Hawai'i Community College Sandra L. Kurtinitis, President, The Community College of Baltimore County (MD) David E. Leasure, President, Jones International University (CO) David L. Levinson, President, Norwalk Community College (CT) Anita D. McDonald, Chancellor, Pennsylvania State University–DuBois Regina S. Peruggi, President, Kingsborough Community CollegeCity University of New York Ronald P. Sexton, Chancellor, Montana State University–Billings Jesse R. Smith, President, Jones County Junior College (MS) Special Appointment Nicholas H. Allen, Provost Emeritus and Collegiate, Professor, University of Maryland University College Lee Bash, Dean, College for Working Adults, William Penn University (IA) Phyllis Eisen, Executive Director, Center for Workforce Success, National Association of Manufacturers (DC) Victor Herbert, Dean of Instruction, Fire Department, City of New York Jerome H. Sullivan, Executive Director, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (DC) Commission Chair – Term Ending June 30, 2009Roger H. Sublett, President, Union Institute and University (OH) ACE Staff Officer: Susan Porter Robinson, Vice President, Lifelong Learning, Center for Lifelong Learning Commission on Lifelong Learning

16. How are reviews conducted?

17. Selection of Evaluators Program Evaluations Content Review Committee The Program Evaluations Content Review Committee meets weekly to determine the appropriate content/academic areas from which the slate of potential evaluators for each review team should be drawn. Members of the Committee reflect a diversity of backgrounds in academe as well as professional experience. Committee members include: James H. Selbe, Director of Program Evaluations Cynthia Bruce, Associate Director, Military Programs Deborah Ross Warin, Associate Director, CREDIT Programs Michele Spires, Assistant Director, Military Programs Bryan Reynolds, Program Manager Stephani McDow, Program Manager Ad hoc committee members within ACE are consulted with regard to a specialized content area.

18. Selection of Evaluators Committee responsibilities and procedures: Members of the committee review the submitted course materials to first determine the academic content areas reflected in the course descriptions and learning outcomes. 2. Committee members then discuss the areas of academic expertise or training, as well as the program areas and institutions from which potential evaluators should be drawn. A consensus is reached on which academic fields should be represented in the evaluation team.

19. Selection of Evaluators Committee responsibilities and procedures: After careful staff research, the committee is presented with a list of review team candidates for each academic field appropriate to the course being reviewed. From this list, the committee selects a team of at least three subject matter specialists whose competence is most appropriate for the review. The committee also strives for institutional and geographic diversity in forming the subject matter review teams. After the evaluation team has been formed, the Associate Director confers with them, reviewing the procedures and responsibilities with which they are charged in conducting the review.

20. Evaluation Process Faculty Reviewers by Type ofInstitution • Team of subject-matter specialists (academic faculty)

21. Evaluation Process • Subject-matter specialists and ACE representative travel to military base • Review written material or conduct interviews (occupations) Occupational Review at Camp Lejeune, NC: Bobby Anderson, Larry Davis and George Boulward Course Review at Great Lakes, IL: Malcolm Allen, John Sutton, and Bohdan Likaschewsky

22. Evaluation Process Dr. John Sutton watches a sailor in the computer lab. 4. Write descriptions focusing on 3 main areas: a. learning outcomes b. assessment measures c. translating the outcomes into collegiate learning Dr. Andrew Jackson and Mr. Bill Maxwell collaborate on course material

23. Defining College Level Work Content and Rigor MUST BE at the Postsecondary Level!

24. Evaluative Criteria • Course content • Learning outcomes • Depth and breadth of material • Level of difficulty • Applicability to a range of postsecondary programs • Evaluative instruments appropriate to measure the participant’s learning • Outside assignments

25. Criteria for Eligibility….CREDIT • Organization • Learning Outcomes and Evaluation Tools • Instructional and Training Development Personnel • Academic Records 5. Learning Environment

26. Vocational / Certificate This type of coursework is normally found in year-long certificate programs that are designed to provide students with occupational skills. Course content is specialized, and the accompanying training emphasizes procedural (hands on) rather than analytical skills (theory). Lower Division Course emphasis is on learning basic principles that have broad judgmental applications. Coursework typically found in programs leading to the associate degree and/or the first two years in a baccalaureate institution. Upper Division Course content usually involves specialization of a theoretical or analytical nature beyond the introductory level. Course content is usually found in the last two years of a baccalaureate program. Graduate The course and its content typically involves: - Critical analysis. - Scholarly and professional application of specialized knowledge within a discipline. - Independent study. - Original research. Levels of Credit

27. No Credit Recommended • Material presented in the course is not comparable to courses offered by colleges and universities • Material offered is inadequate for a judgment to be made • Inadequate evaluation/assessment tool

28. Questions about the Review Process??

29. Transcript Data

30. 2007TOP 10 LIST AARTS SMART ACE Corporate

31. WANTED: A FEW GOOD FACULTY MEMBERS

32. Why serve on an ACE Review Team? To ensure a formalized process that colleges and universities can trust To network and learn from colleagues across the country To validate and support students’ non-traditional learning Why review training outside the college or university environment? Because what an individual learns is more than when, where, and how the individual learned it. To integrate training and learning to an educational portfolio. To be exposed to a variety of learning environments. Would you like to serve or know someone who would like to serve as a faculty evaluator?

33. Serve as an Evaluator • For more information: evaluator@ace.nche.edu www.acenet.edu/evaluators • You must be actively teaching college-level courses. • When a review is scheduled that requires your area of content expertise, you will be contacted directly and advised of the opportunity to serve on the ACE team. • ACE pays all evaluators an honorarium and travel. Occupational and Course Review, Mobile, AL: LT Kevin Berry takes the team on a tour of the aircraft.

34. Military Guide Online www.militaryguides.acenet.edu Daily Updates 1954-1989

35. The Military Guide is available on CD There are no more printed Guides.

36. The Corporate ACE Guides College Credit Recommendation Service https://www.acenet.edu/nationalguide

37. CREDIT Recommendations The National Guide to College Credit for Workplace Training lists training with ACE recommended credit. www.acenet.edu/nationalguide

38. TRANSCRIPTS

39. How to Contact Us............ American Council On Education Military Programs One Dupont Circle, Suite 250 Washington, DC 20036 202-939-9470 866-205-6267 Mileval@ace.nche.edu ************************** Cynthia Bruce Associate Director, Military Programs

40. How to Contact Us............ American Council On Education CREDIT / Corporate Programs One Dupont Circle, Suite 250 Washington, DC 20036 202-939-9794 866-205-6267 credit@ace.nche.edu ************************** Susan Huggins, Associate Director, Program Evaluations Deborah Warin, Associate Director, Corporate Programs