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The Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) provides support for the Multi-State Collaborative on Military Credit (MCMC), a partnership of 13 states working to translate military competencies into college credentials. MCMC aims to help veterans transition from military service to postsecondary education and civilian careers. It established goals like improving education completion rates and establishing support networks for student veterans. MHEC received grants from Lumina Foundation and USA Funds to support MCMC's work over three years.
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- 1. Midwestern Higher Education Compact 105 Fifth Avenue South, Suite 450, Minneapolis, MN 55401 | Phone: 612-677-2777 Fax: 612-767-3353 E-mail: mhec@mhec.org The mission of the Multi-State Collaborative on Military Credit (MCMC) is to facilitate an interstate partnership of 13 states, and to translate competencies acquired by veterans through military training and experiences toward college credentials. States will exchange information and share best practices in the areas of articulation of credit, certification and licensure, communication, and data and technology. The Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) provides operational and administrative support for the MCMC. The potential of this collaboration has already been recognized by Lumina Foundation, which has awarded MHEC a $900,000 grant to support the work of MCMC over a three-year period, and by USA Funds which has awarded a one-year grant of $200,000 to the project. Multi-State Collaborative on Military Credit 13 Participating States Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Ohio South Dakota Wisconsin Stay Connected facebook/MHECMCMC bit.ly/LinkedInMCMC Sara Appel MCMC Project Coordinator (765) 586-6512 mcmc@mhec.org www.mhec.org/mcmc Project Goals To assist student veterans with completing postsecondary education and the transition into civilian employment, MCMC has established the following three goals: • Assist with critical life transitions from the military to postsecondary education and then from postsecondary education to civilian employment. • Increase postsecondary education completion rates by creating models for the consistent, transparent, and effective awarding of credit for military training and experience that can be scaled regionally and nationally, thereby lowering the cost of education and reducing the time to completion. • Establish a strong network of support, communication, documentation, and data collection among institutions and organizations for the purpose of promoting shared interests and tracking the efficacy of efforts to enhance Servicemember’s educational success. To advance the goals of the Collaborative, four work groups were created: 1. Articulation of Academic Credit 2. Licensure and Certification 3. Communication and Outreach 4. Data, Systems, and Technology Key in Collaboration American Council on Education (ACE) Council on Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) Lumina Foundation Solutions for Information Design, LLC (SOLID) USA Funds