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
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
