MOHealthWINS: Supporting Academic and Career Success
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Debbie Goodall
Margaret Boyd
Cheryl Carpenter-Davis
Overview
MoWINs grants at Missouri Community Colleges
Why are we doing this?
Credit for Prior Learning
Identifying opportunities for MCC
Focusing on student success
What is MoWINs?
MoWINsUSDOL State Consortium grants totaling $5 million to:
Accelerate progress for Low-Skilled and Other Workers
Build academic skills in technical context
Improve retention and achievement rates
Reduce time to completion
Award credit for prior learning
Structure stackable credential frameworks that align/link noncredit and credit courses
Build Programs that meet industry needs
Work closely with industry and Workforce Sector Partners to
develop/restructure curriculum
Strengthen on-line and technology-enabled learning
What is MoWINs?
Commitment goal: Serve 1,500 adult students
Program areas:
Information Technologies including Digital Literacy and
Health Informatics
Nursing
Environmental Services/HVAC
Industrial Technology
Manufacturing
Welding
Why are we doing this?
There are over 10 million unemployed adults.
Many of them need skill upgrades or new credentials.
Workers with postsecondary credentials earn more and are more likely to
keep their jobs.
Adults bring knowledge gained through training and education that has
occurred outside of a college setting.
Adults often do not complete postsecondary training – particularly if
they’re required to complete remedial or developmental education before
earning a credential.
Assessing prior learning helps adults and dislocated workers obtain credit
for independently attained knowledge and skills, thereby accelerating the
process of credential attainment.
Did you know…
It takes full-time students, on average,
3.3 years to earn a one-year certificate
3.8 years to earn a two-year degree
4.7 years to earn a four-year degree
It takes part-time students, on average,
4.4 years to earn a one-year certificate
5 years to earn a two-year degree
5.6 years to earn a four-year degree
(Source: Complete College America)
Time is the Enemy
Staying in school longer doesn’t significantly increase a
student’s chance of graduating:
Data shows that taking an extra year to complete an associate
degree or two extra years to earn a bachelor’s degree only
increases graduation rates by 4.9 percent -- for both groups.
Students are opting out, giving up, abandoning their educational
goals.
(Source: Complete College America)
Credit for Prior Learning (c4pl)
Definition: Awarding college credit for demonstrated or
validated acquisition of knowledge, skills and
competencies attained outside the college-credit
environment.
Types: College non-credit and on-the-job training;
military and apprenticeship training; reverse transfer
coursework; industry or professional certifications; or inservice training sponsored by associations, business,
government and industry.
A case for Credit for Prior Learning
A recent study of 62,000 students at 48 postsecondary
institutions found that 56% of adult students who had
earned credit for non-credit training or prior experience
earned a postsecondary degree within seven years, while
only 21% of those who completed credits in the traditional
manner did.
(Source: Fueling the Race to Postsecondary
Success, Chicago Council for Experiential
Learning, 2010)
Advantages of c4pl
Students benefit: accelerates their time to complete a degree
and advance on the industry career ladder.
Colleges benefit: broadens the pool of students and
encourages the development of state and national articulation
agreements with greater connection to industry.
Workforce Development benefits: shortens the time to
convert a student/trainee into an employee.
Industry benefits: creates a stronger connection to both
educational institution and workforce development system.
Some c4pl options to consider….
Individual student portfolios: Evaluated by faculty with
deep subject matter expertise
Challenge exams or standardized exams
Full program evaluation for industry/professional training
programs
External source competency-based evaluations (CAEL/ACE)
Retroactive award of credit for credit and non-credit
training programs statewide
Examples of current practices:
Standardized exams
Advanced Placement (AP)
College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
Credit by examination (CSIS 115 and BTC technical program
courses)
Credit by Certification
Reverse Transfer
Individual student portfolios (Art, Spanish)
Alignment of credit courses and non-credit training
Welding, military
Environmental Services Pathway
Process at MCC
Credit or its equivalent should be awarded only for
learning, and not for experience
Credit awards and competence levels must be made
by appropriate subject matter and academic or
credentialing experts
Fees charged for assessment are based on the type
of credit awarded
SWOT Analysis
Strengths/Opportunities
Weaknesses/Threats
Feedback
What are areas where credit for prior learning has
worked well at MCC?
What are the opportunities for MCC?
Other areas we should consider?
Additional concerns and thoughts?
In Summary: Focusing on Student Success
MCC Mission:
Preparing students, serving communities, creating opportunities
MCC’s Core Principles:
Completion and Student Learning
SEM Project Alignment:
Intrusive Advising and Student Support
The Right Focus:
A student’s right to succeed rather than fail.