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U.S. Department of

EducationNon-traditional Programs & DistanceLearning: What You Can and Cannot

Do to Support Your Students

Carney McCullough - Senior Policy Analyst,OPE Marianne Phelps - Special Assistant, OPE


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Whats the Problem?

Roots of Student Aid Program in the

60s


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Emerging Patterns of Non-traditional Education

Self-paced Learning

Sequential Course Enrollment

Overlapping Terms Weekend Degree Programs

Multiple Start Dates

Combinations of On-campus and DistanceStudy

New possibilities for home/host school

enrollments


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Campus Systems

Separate On-campus andContinuing Education Systems

Structured Around Terms Inability to Customize

Organized to meet Institutional, not

Student Needs


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Distance Education per se (under

50% levels) Non-traditional Education provided in

Standard Terms

Whats Not the Problem


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Term - Characteristics

Has a defined beginning date and adefined ending date

Students generally complete thecredits for which they are enrolledwithin that time period


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Standard Term - Characteristics

Semester or Trimester Approximately 15 weeks long

Full-time is at least 12 hours

Academic calendar is 3 terms - Fall, Springand Summer

Quarter

Approximately 10-12 weeks long

Full-time is at least 12 hours

Academic calendar is 3 quarters in fall,

winter and spring and often a Summeruarter as well


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Provisions Governing Standard

Terms

30-week Academic Year

1 Day a Week

Payment Period

Calculation of Enrollment Status

Loan Certification Pell Formula I

Track Progress


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Standard Term

15 Weeks 15 Weeks

Fall Spring

5 Weeks 5 Weeks 5 Weeks 5 Weeks 5 Weeks

3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits

6 credits 6 credits

3 Credits

5 Weeks

Example 1

Pell and Loan disbursements at beginning of each term


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Standard Term

15 Weeks 15 Weeks

Fall Spring

5 Weeks 5 Weeks 5 Weeks 5 Weeks 5 Weeks

3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits 3 Credits

6 credits 6 credits

Example 2

Pell and Loan disbursements at beginning of each term


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tatutory an Regu atory Prov s onsGoverning Non-standard TermPrograms

12 hour rule - 30-week Academic YearBasis

Payment Period Calculation of Enrollment Status

Loan Certification

Pell Formula III Track Progress


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8 weeks

Start date* Week 8* Week 18* Week 27* Week 37* Week 40*

Non-standard Term - VocationalCertificate Program

3 cr6 cr 9 cr 3 cr 3 cr 9 cr 3 cr

Term

Length10 weeks 9 weeks 10 weeks 3 weeks

2nd Loan

Disbursement

Loan certified for 37 weeks

*Pell disbursements each nonstandard term


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FT Enrollment Status for eachPayment Period

24 x 830

= 6.4 cr

Number of credit hours

in the academic year

Weeks of instructional time in the

payment period

Weeks of instructional time in the academic

year (as defined by the institution)

Full-time enrollment statusx =

Round up to 7 semester credits required for full-time

24 x 10

30

= 8 cr

24 x 3

30= 2.4 cr Round up to 3 semester credits required for full-time


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Non-term - Definition

Does not meet the definition of aterm

Could include self-paced programs orsequential coursework


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Completion Program - Self

Paced

Example 1 -- Student completes 12 semester credits in 15 weeks of a 40-weekacademic year.

Week 1 Week 15 Midpoint Week 40

I_____________________________I________I_________________________________________IDisburse Disburse Disburse 2nd

of Pell 2nd of of loan

and Loan Pell

Example 2 Student does not complete 12 semester credits until week 22.

Week 1 Midpoint Week 22 Week 40

I_______________________________________I______I_________________________________I

Disburse Disburse 2nd

of Pell of Pell

and Loan and loan


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Reminders

30-week Academic Year = 30 Weeksof Instructional Time

The 12-hour rule may apply to someof your programs

Many institutions which are

predominately standard term basedmay also offer vocational programsthat are less than a year in length


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Department of Education

Distance Education DemonstrationProgram

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