DANTES Update Brief

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Betty Keese ACME, Training Marketing Manager

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Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education
Support
6490 Saufley Field Road Pensacola, FL
32509-5243
Web Site http//voled.doded.mil
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Higher Ed / Military Partnership
1918

• ECE Emergency Council on Education
• ACE American Council on Education

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World War I
The Legacy of Blanket Credit
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World War II

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Higher Ed / Military Partnership

• American Council on Education (ACE)
• 1942 ACE Committee Review of
• Army/USAFI Institute
• 1943 ACE publishes Sound
• Educational Credit for
• Military Experience
• 1945 Commission on
• Accreditation of Service
• Experiences (CASE)

• 1942 Army Institute
• 1943 USAFI
• Central Clearing Agency

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30 Years of USAFI
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Higher Ed / Military Partnership

• 1942 Army Institute
• 1943-74 USAFI
• 1972 DANTES

• American Council on Education (ACE)
• 1945 74 Commission on
• Accreditation of Service
• Experiences (CASE)
• 1974 - 78 Office on Ed Credit
• 1978 - 98 Office on Ed Credit
• Credentials
• 1987-2003 Center for Adult Learning
• Credentials
• 2003 - Center for Lifelong Learning

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Higher Ed / Military Partnership

• Contracts with ACE
• Evaluation of Military Experiences
• MIVER
• Contract with SOC

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Contractual Agreements with Major Testing
Agencies

• Thomson Prometric (CGI)
• The College Board
• ACT
• Excelsior College
• GED Testing Service
• Over 50 National Certification Agencies
• Guidance Organizations

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Worldwide Testing Program
578 Test Centers Worldwide!
Alaska
Asia
Canada
UK
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35
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Europe
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CONUS
Middle East
379
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Caribbean
USCG Ships
Ivory Coast
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Honduras
1
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1
Kenya
1
Australia
1
USN Ships
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Europe-62 Azores-1 Italy-7 Belguim-2 Kosovo-2 Bos
nia-2 Netherlands-2 Cyprus-1 Norway-1 Germany-
39 Portugal-1 Greece-2 Spain-1 Iceland-1
Asia-35 Diego Garcia-1 Okinawa-5 Guam-3
Singapore-1 Japan-8 Thailand-1 Korea-16
Middle East-17 Afghanistan-3 Kyrgyztan-1 Bahrain-
1 Qatar-2 Egypt-2 Saudi Arabia-1 Iraq-3
United Arab Kuwait-2 Emirates-1
Uzbekistan-1
Caribbean-7 Bahamas-2 Cuba-1 Puerto Rico-3 Virgin
Islands-1
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Major Testing Programs

• Credit By Examination
• CLEP
• DSST
• Excelsior
• Certification
• Guidance

254,000 Exams
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Examination Program
Funded CLEP Options

• National Test Centers On College Campuses
• February 2004
• Paper-Based Testing at DANTES Test Centers
• April 2004
• National Test Centers On-Base

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Certification Programs

• Nearly 60 MOUs with Certifying Agencies
• Over 20,000 Participants in 2004
• Funded Microsoft Pilot - 2000 Vouchers
• GI Bill

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Counselor Support

• McNet
• Reference Publications
• Guidance Tests Materials

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DoD Worldwide Education Symposium

• 17-21 July 2006

• Senior DoD Leadership
• Over 60 Concurrent
• Sessions Workshops
• Keynote Speakers
• Special Events - Mon
• Thurs Evening Activities

For updates http//www.dantes.doded.mil
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Spouses To Teachers
Pilot States
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VIRTUAL
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AF Education Resource Center
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"PURPLE"
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Issues From the Top (OSD)

• Future challenges that come to mind

• In-State Tuition
• Accreditation Issues
• Quality review of distance programs
• Centralization of some Vol Ed functions
• Cost of books
• Reinvigoration of support organizations

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DANTES
Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education
Support
bkeese_at_voled.doded.mil CML 850-452-1884 or 1732
DSN 922-XXXX
http//www.dantes.doded.mil