Excelsior College And Military Education

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Excelsior CollegeAndMilitary Education

• A
• Presentation
• To
• Council on Military Education
• In Texas and the South
• April 13, 2007
• Corpus Christi, TX

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Excelsior

• Founded in 1971 by Regents, State of New York
• Originally Known as Regents College
• Private, Independent, Not-for-Profit
• 28,000 Enrollments, 116,000 Alumni
• Program Areas
• - Nursing - Business/Technology
• - Liberal Arts - Health Sciences

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Commitment to Americas Military

• 25 of First Graduating Class
• 33 of Current Enrollment
• Alumni Include MCPON of Navy and Adjutant General
  of State of New York
• Presence on Installations, Including Ft. Hood
• Dedicated Military Education Office

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Army

• GoArmyU Certificates, Associate, Baccalaureate,
  Masters Degrees, Multiple Delivery Methods
• eArmyu Online Graduate Programs
• Sergeants Major Academy Partnership
• Defense Language Institute Partnership
• Army National Guard Education Support Center
  Partnership

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Air Force

• Air Force Automated Education Management System
• Air University Associate-to-Baccalaureate
  Cooperative
• CCAF Partnership

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Navy

• Navy College Distance Learning Partnership
• Associate and Bachelors Matched to USN Career
  Fields
• Multiple Delivery Formats
• 550 Graduates Per Year

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Marine Corps

• Base Presence Pendleton, Quantico
• Pilot Spouse Program

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Coast Guard

• SOC COAST Afloat Certificates, Associate and
  Bachelors via CD-ROM, MP3/IPod.
• Coast Guard Institute Partnership
• 30 Automated Degree Plans
• Spouse Program

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Degree Completion Tools

• Credit Transfer
• ACE Credit Recognition
• Examinations
• Portfolio Assessment
• Instruction from Excelsior

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Student Resources

• Strategies for Success Course
• Online Success Guide
• Peer Network
• Grad-to-Grad Connection
• Online Tutoring
• Practice Exams
• Virtual Library

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The Growing Need

• Falling Completion Rates Nationally
• Impact on Income and Standard of Living