Updates from IHL and MCCB

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Updates from IHL and MCCB

• Pearl Strickland Pennington
• Director of Student Affairs
• Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
• Joan Davis Haynes, Ph.D.
• Associate Executive Director for Academic and
  Student Affairs
• Mississippi Community College Board

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Todays Goal

• Provide an update on IHL guidelines including
  admission requirements, Academic Common Market
  (ACM) and available resources
• Provide an overview of dual credit/dual
  enrollment in Mississippis CJCs and IHLs to
  include changes made to 37-15-38 in the 2012
  Legislative session and the MS Virtual Community
  College (MSVCC)

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Admission Requirements

• Complete the College Prep Curriculum (CPC) with a
  minimum 3.2 high school grade point average (GPA)
  on the CPC OR
• Complete the CPC with a minimum 2.5 high school
  GPA or a class rank in the top 50 percent and a
  score of 16 or higher on the ACT (Composite) OR
•  
• Complete the CPC with a minimum 2.0 high school
  GPA on the CPC and a score of 18 or higher on the
  ACT (Composite) OR
• Satisfy the NCAA standards for student-athletes
  who are full-qualifiers under Division I
  guidelines.
•   In lieu of the ACT scores, students may
  submit equivalent SAT scores.
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Required or Recommended College Preparatory
Curriculum (CPC)

• Mathematics 3 Carnegie Units
• English 4 Carnegie Units
• Science 3 Carnegie Units
• Social Studies 3 Carnegie Units
• Advanced 2 Carnegie
• Elective Units
• Computer ½Carnegie Unit
• Applications
• Pre-High School Units Algebra I, first year
  Foreign Language, Mississippi Studies, or
  Computer Applications

• Mathematics 4 Carnegie Units
• English 4 Carnegie Units
• Science 4 Carnegie Units
• Social Studies 4 Carnegie Units
• Arts 1 Carnegie Unit
• Advanced 2 Carnegie Units
• Electives
• Computer ½ Carnegie Unit
• Applications
• Pre-High School Units Algebra I, first year
  Foreign Language, Mississippi Studies, or
  Computer Applications

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IHL Summer Developmental Program

• A nine-week intensive program that concentrates
  on high school subject areas (English, Reading,
  and Mathematics) That are applicable to success
  in first-year college courses.

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IHL Summer Developmental Program (SDP)

• Students who do not meet the criteria for
  regular admission are nonetheless eligible for
  admission.
• Such students must participate, however, in an
  on-campus placement process at the university of
  their choice.
• The process will determine whether the student
  may be enrolled in regular freshman-level courses
  in the Fall semester or required to enroll in the
  summer semester with mandatory participation in
  the Summer Developmental Program.
• Successful completion of the Summer Developmental
  Program entitles the student to continued
  enrollment in the Fall semester at the university
  of his or her choice.
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IHL Summer Developmental Program Grant (SDPG)

• Must be a legal resident of the State of
  Mississippi
• Must be under the age of 21 at the time of
  application
• Must not have earned 24 or more credit hours at a
  college or university
• Must have been accepted into the Summer
  Developmental Program (first time attendee) at an
  eligible Mississippi public four-year institution
• Must be eligible to receive federal student
  financial aid and demonstrate financial need
• Must complete the online application and submit
  all supporting documentation by the deadline
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IHL Admissions Application Process
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Academic Common Market

• The purpose of the Academic Common Market (ACM)
  is to share between states specified academic
  degree programs located at southern public
  colleges and universities. This is accomplished
  through an exchange of students across borders at
  in-state rates.
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To qualify you must 

• Be a resident of Mississippi.
• Select a program eligible for Mississippi
  residents.
• Complete the admission process at the institution
  offering the eligible Academic Common Market
  program.
• Be certified as a resident of Mississippi by the
  ACM coordinator for Mississippi. 

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Participating States  
The states of Florida and Texas participate at
the graduate level ONLY. The state of North
Carolina is currently not actively participating.
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Useful Academic Links

• Admissions, College Preparatory Curriculum,
  Summer Developmental Program, Summer
  Developmental Program Grant and Questions and
  Answers
• www.mississippi.edu
• http//www.mississippi.edu/admissions/index.asp
• http//www.mississippi.edu/admissions/questions.as
  p
• http//www.mississippi.edu/admissions/curriculum.a
  sp
• http//www.mississippi.edu/riseupms/financialaid-s
  tep3-grants-loans.php?article_id233

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Useful Academic Links

• Academic Common Market
• http//www.sreb.org/page/1304/academic_common_mark
  et.html
• http//www.mississippi.edu/riseupms/

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37-15-38

• Prior to July 1, 2012
• 37-15-38 provided language and guidelines for
  dual credit/dual enrollment students wanting to
  get a jump-start on their college experience
• After July 1, 2012
• 37-15-38 added language for Mississippi Works
  Dual Enrollment-Dual Credit Option

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Prior to July 1, 2012

• Definitions (dual credit student versus dual
  enrollment student)
• Establishes dual enrollment program for MDE, IHL
  and MCCB
• Eligibility
• Admission criteria
• Tuition and cost responsibility
• Transportation responsibility
• Program allowances

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Prior to July 1, 2012

• School district average daily attendance credit
• High school student transcript transfer
  requirements
• Determining factor of prerequisites for courses
• Ineligible/eligible courses
• Instructor qualifications

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Prior to July 1, 2012

• Process for determining articulation of
  curriculum between high school, university, and
  community and junior college courses
• High school Carnegie unit equivalency (3 or 4
  hour college credit course equaled ½ Carnegie
  unit)
• Course alignment
• Maximum dual credits allowed
• Guidance on local agreements

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CJC Academic EligibilityCriteria Recommendation

• Option 1
• Minimum overall GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale on all
  high school courses
• and
• Successful completion of 14 core high school
  units and/or junior status
• and
• Written recommendation from school principal or
  guidance counselor

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CJC Academic EligibilityCriteria Recommendation

• Option 2
• Minimum overall GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale on all
  high school courses
• and
• A minimum composite ACT score of 30 or the
  equivalent SAT score
• and
• Written recommendation from school principal or
  guidance counselor

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CJC Academic EligibilityCriteria Recommendation

• Placement tests (ACT, Compass, ACCUPLACER, etc.)
  used to determine college-readiness for placement
• Dual Enrollment students can earn up to a
  semester's worth of college credit in high school
  (semesters worth 15 college credit hours)
• Dual Credit unlimited number of college credits

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IHL Academic EligibilityCriteria Recommendation

• Complete 14 Core Units (minimum) and/or Junior
  status
• 3.0 GPA (all courses)
• 30 ACT or equivalent in absence of 14 core units
  3.0 GPA OR 3.5 GPA in all courses
• Appropriate ACT/ SAT (or equivalent) scores for
  placement

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IHL Academic EligibilityCriteria Recommendation

• 3-12 credit hours per term recommended as long as
  a B average is earned in 1st two approved courses
• Institution district can waive maximum or
  minimum based on sufficient student academic
  information
• District/school Institution student approval
  agreement (or recommendation)

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CJC CTE EligibilityCriteria Recommendation

• Criteria for eligibility is determined by each
  college
• Memorandums of Agreement must be signed with
  local school districts
• Must meet the same admission criteria as a
  traditional students
• Written recommendation from school principal or
  guidance counselor

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College or University Decides

• Course pre-requisites
• Placement (for college-readiness)
• Instructor
• Teaching site
• Teaching schedule
• Tuition fees (sometimes negotiable)

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Academic Dual Credit Course Offerings

• CJCs 62 courses approved by all 15 community
  colleges
• IHL courses in articulation agreement
• Courses within the academic general education
  core
• No developmental education courses
• Dual Credit courses can NOT replace SATP
  Biology I, Algebra I, English II, and U.S.
  History

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Application of Courses

• There is no longer a need to develop course
  content equivalents between high school courses
  and college courses
• LEAs shall determine how to apply Carnegie Units
  earned through dual credit courses towards high
  school graduation requirements based on the
  content area of the postsecondary course

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Useful Academic Links

• Statewide Academic Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment
  Articulation Agreement
• http//www.sbcjc.cc.ms.us/Pdfs/Pg/StatewideAcademi
  cDC-DEArticulationAgreement.pdf
• Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Community/Junior
  College Point of Contacts
• http//www.sbcjc.cc.ms.us/Pdfs/Pg/Cjcpointofcontac
  t.pdf

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Useful CTE Links

• CTE Statewide Articulation Agreement
• http//www.mccb.edu/pdfs/ct/StatewideArtManual2010
  .pdf
• Community College CTE Directory
• http//www.mccb.edu/pdfs/ct/cctodadirectory.pdf

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Useful MDE Links

• MDE Approved Courses for the Secondary Schools of
  Mississippi
• http//www.mde.k12.ms.us/ACAD/ID/Curriculum/Curr.h
  tm

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Beginning July 1, 2012

• Existing Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Program
  stays the same with one exception
• One (1) 3 hour course is equal to one (1) high
  school Carnegie unit (Section 37-15-38 (13))
• NEW Mississippi Works Dual Enrollment-Dual Credit
  Option
• Section 37-15-38 (19)
• Section 37-151-7 (1) (a)

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MS Works Option

• Program jointly developed by LEAs and CJCs (not
  IHL) for potential or recent high school student
  dropouts (at-risk students)
• Students are dually enroll in their home high
  school and a local community college in a dual
  credit program
• Program consists of high school completion
  coursework and a credential, certificate or
  degree program at the community college

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MS Works Option

• Upon student completion, the MS Department of
  Employment Security shall assist students in job
  placement
• Implemented statewide in the 2012 2013 school
  year and thereafter
• SBE and the local school board and community
  college shall establish individualized program
  criteria

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MS Works Option

• No charges to students for community college
  course tuition/fees (students responsible for
  transportation)
• Grades college credits are recorded on both HS
  Diploma CC Transcript
• SATP courses are eligible for dual credit
• Courses include career, technical and degree
  program courses

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Distance Education

• The Mississippi Virtual Community College (MSVCC)
  is a consortium of Mississippi's fifteen (15)
  community colleges
• Through the MSVCC, students may take courses from
  community colleges anywhere in Mississippi while
  getting support services from a local college

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Distance Education

• Wimba
• Asynchronous/Synchronous Learning and Instant
  Messaging Tools
• Smarthinking (24/7 Online Tutoring Service)
• Presidium (24/7 Technical Support Help Desk)
• Mississippi Electronic Libraries Online
• Access to Online Library Resources and Databases
  

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Distance Education

• MSVCC began in 2000
• Academic, technical, and career courses are
  available online
• The full array of courses necessary to obtain an
  associate of arts degree online are available

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Distance Education
Enrollment Data Enrollment Data Enrollment Data Enrollment Data Enrollment Data
Year (FY) Headcount Enrollment Change in Headcount Change in Enrollment
2009 54,520 107,692 21.6 21.7
2010 65,594 134,633 20.3 25.0
2011 75,649 160,804 15.3 19.4
2012 76,922 163,945 1.7 2.0
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Contact Information

• Pearl Pennington
• Director of Student Affairs
• Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
• 601-432-6482
• ppennington_at_ihl.state.ms.us

• Joan Davis Haynes, Ph.D.
• Associate Executive Director for Academic
  Student Affairs
• Mississippi Community College Board
• 601-432-6106
• jhaynes_at_mccb.edu

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• Questions?

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