CBE4CC Conference Presentation Faculty Development Model - Competency-Based Education

1. Quality Assurance and
Federal Policies
Bob
Collins,
WGU
Mary
Alice
McCarthy,
New
America
Founda=on

2. Competency
Based
Educa1on
Financial
Aid
Overview
Bob
Collins,
Vice
President,
Western
Governors
University
June
2015

4. Federal
Financial
Aid
Delivery
• Academic
Year
(AY)
–
payment
periods
– ED
defines
AY
as
minimum
of
24
credits
and
30
weeks
• Standard
Term
(Full-­‐=me,
¾
=me,
½
=me)
– Semester/Quarter/Trimester
– Fall/Spring
and
some=mes
summer
(header
or
trailer)
• Non-­‐Standard
Term
(Full-­‐=me,
¾
and
½
=me)
– Mul=ple
entry
points
-­‐
Borrower
Based
Academic
Year
• Non-­‐Term
and
Clock
Hour
– Full-­‐=me
-­‐
successfully
complete
24
credits
or
900
hours

5. Measurement
of
SAP
Competency
Based
Model
• Degree
Plan
–
no
elec=ves
• Academic
Ac=vity
Verifica=on
(AAV)
• Qualita=ve
Measure
(Pass
=
B
or
be[er)
– Mastery
of
subject
ma[er
(3.0
GPA
exceeds
2.5
required)
• Quan=ta=ve
Measure
– A[empted
versus
completed
– Ins=tu=onal
policy
on
treatment
of
transfer
credits
• SAP
appeal
approval
requires
Academic
Plan
• On-­‐Time
Progress
(OTP)
to
Gradua=on
– At
least
12
CUs
per
six
month
term
for
undergrad/
8
CUs
grad

6. SAP
Overview
• Financial
aid
only
awarded
up
to
150%
of
the
program
length
• At
least
66.67%
Cumula=ve
SAP
=
Good
Standing
• Less
than
66.67%
Term
SAP
=
Warning
• New
students
less
than
3
CUs
per
term
=
Terminated
• Termina=on
and
SAP
Appeals
– Extenua=ng
circumstances
-­‐
documenta=on
&
situa=on
improvement
– If
approved,
must
complete
100%
un=l
cum
SAP
>
66.67%
• Unintended
consequences
• Mee=ng
OTP
in
a
term
does
not
necessarily
mean
the
student
is
mee=ng
cumula=ve
SAP
requirements
• 12/20
=
60.00%
-­‐
OTP
is
good,
SAP
is
bad
-­‐
discouraging

7. Student
Fraud
Considera1ons
• WGU
New
Student
Orienta=on
– Begins
each
month
prior
to
start
–
no
cost,
non-­‐credit
– Sekng
proper
expecta=ons
–
academic
and
financial
• Delay
loan
disbursement
for
all
new
students
– 30
day
delay
(45+
days
of
academic
effort
before
$$$
)
• Duplicate
address
reports
(US
and
E-­‐mail,
IP)
• Third
party
iden=ty
management/biometrics
• Verifica=on
of
iden=ty
– Notarized
statement
of
educa=onal
purpose

8. Other
Regulatory
• Direct
Assessment
34
CFR
668.10
– DCL
GEN-­‐13-­‐10
(March
19,
2013)
• Defini=on
of
Credit
Hour
34
CFR
600.2
– www.ifap.ed.gov
Hot
Topics
-­‐
Program
Integrity
• Distance
Educa=on
Defini=on
34
CFR
600.2
– …support
regular
and
substan=ve
interac=on
between
students
and
faculty
• Return
to
Title
IV
(R2T4)
34
CFR
668.22
– Academic
-­‐related
ac=vity
• CBE
Dear
Colleague
Le[er
–
December
2014
– h[p://ifap.ed.gov/dpcle[ers/GEN1423.html

9. Experimental
Sites,
Legisla1on,
Thought-­‐Leaders
• Federal
Register:
July
31,
2014
– Four
new
experiments
to
consider
– Invi=ng
schools
to
new
experimental
sites
ini=a=ves
– h[ps://experimentalsites.ed.gov/exp/index.html
• HEA
Reauthoriza=on
– Accountability,
Accredita=on,
Affordability
and
Fin
Aid
• American
Enterprise
Ins=tute
– h[p://www.aei.org/?s=competency+based+educa=on
• NASFAA
Task
Force
on
Innova=ve
Learning
Models
July
2015
• www.CBEinfo.org

10. Approval
for
Veterans
Programs
• Department
of
Veteran
Affairs
– Educa=on
Liaison
Representa=ve
(ELR)
• State
Approving
Agency
– Consumer
protec=ons
• Regional
Processing
Office
– Student
eligibility
– Cer=fica=on
– Disbursement

11. Approval
for
Ac1ve
Duty
Program
• Payment
is
capped
at
$4,500
per
fiscal
year
and
a
maximum
of
$250
per
credit
hour.
• Execu=ve
Order
13607
and
the
Principles
of
Excellence
– All
ins=tu=ons
providing
postsecondary
educa=on
programs
through
the
Department
of
Defense
(DoD)
Tui=on
Assistance
(TA)
Program
must
agree
to
the
DoD
Memorandum
of
Understanding
(MOU)

12. Repor1ng
Post
9/11
(CH
33)
• Rate
of
pursuit
applies
specifically
to
Chapter
33.
It
differs
from
training
=me,
which
is
used
for
all
other
Chapters.
Schools
cer=fy
actual
credit.
VA
calculates
rate
of
pursuit
by
dividing
the
number
of
credit
(or
credit
hour
equivalents)
being
pursued
by
the
number
of
credits
considered
to
be
full-­‐=me
at
the
school.
The
resul=ng
percentage
is
the
student’s
rate
of
pursuit.
Examples:
If
full-­‐=me
is
12
credits,
rate
of
pursuit
for:
6
credits
(or
credit
equivalents)
is
50%
(6
÷
12
=
50%)
7
credits
(or
credit
equivalents)
is
58%
(7
÷
12
=
58%
which
rounds
to
nearest
10th
=
60%)

13. Reporting Training Time
• The VA has a formula to calculate training
time. This formula is used for all chapters of
benefits except Post 9/11 (CH 33).
• Double-click in the table below to input other dates and weeks.
BEGINNING ENDING
SEMESTER
EQU. TRAINING
DATE DATE WEEKS HOURS HOURS TIME
02/01/13 07/31/13 26 12 8.3076923 1/2
FOR SEMESTER HOURS - INPUT BEGINNING DATE ENDING DATE AND
NUMBER OF SEMESTER HOURS BEING CERTIFIED.

14. Regional
Processing
Centers