abed 16 th congress pre-conference mini course serving the adult transfer student
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- ABED 16 th Congress Pre-Conference Mini Course Serving the Adult Transfer Student
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- Overview Adult Degree Completion Excelsior College Aggregation Assessment Advising Challenges
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- Adult Degree Completion National priority Barriers Need for new thinking Alternative methods
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- Obama Challange Lead the world in % of adults with Bachelors degree by 2025 (increase from current 40% to 60%)
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- Impact of Failure Inadequate workforce Movement of jobs Declining economy Reduced standard of living
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- Barriers Time Cost Opportunity Lack of infrastructure Failure to see need
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- New Thinking Extended education Night/weekend programs Correspondence courses Use of technology
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- Alternatives Online learning New degree formats Assessment of prior learning Mass customization
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- Excelsior College Influence of OU Sister of three others Self-supporting
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- History Founded = 1971 by State of New York Focus = Adult Learners Philosophy = What you know is more important than where or how learned Mission = Provide opportunity to those historically underserved by traditional higher education
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- Profile Private, non-profit 30,00 students +/- Largest nursing program in U.S. Largest nuclear engineering in U.S. 30% minority 25-30% active military Offer Associate, Bachelors, and Masters degrees
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- Exercise #1 The Needs of Brazil?
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- Methods Aggregation Assessment Advising Instruction
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- Aggregation Combining multiple forms of learning Prior instruction Military/corporate training Exam results Professional experience (portfolio)
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- Assessment Applicability of prior experience to specific degree requirements Prior learning via examinations Capstone
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- Advising Match degree to student needs and to background (from assessment) Determine areas of further study Provide knowledge of how to complete Guide through completion process
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- The Process Transcripts Exams Aggregate Military/CorpTraining Consolidated Transcript CHOOSE DEGREE PATH ABC Compare to Degree Requirements
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- Assessment Degree Requirement Consolidated Transcript Path to Completion Credit By ExamExternal InstitutionInternal Course Work Capstone Graduation ADVISING
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- Exercise #2 Value of Excelsior Model in Brazil?
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- Challenges Acceptance by traditional higher education Awareness by prospective student Perceived complexity Too few laboratories
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- Questions