COMETS

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• COMETS
• AF Voluntary Education Update
• Presented by
• Lavern Kistner

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Overview

• Scope of Vol Ed Program
• Enrollment Data
• Military Tuition Assistance
• Impact of Distance Learning Courses
• CCAF Students Vs. National Norms
• AF Virtual Education Center (AFVEC)
• Education and Training Flights
• MGIB Pending Legislation

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Voluntary Ed FY04

• What do we look like/how are we doing?
• 82 AF Ed Centers 7 Learning Resource Centers
  (LRC) worldwide
• 172 colleges on-base
• 1000 off-base colleges receive AF
• 732 colleges received AF for distance learning
• 26,457 degrees awarded 30 increase
• 140M budget for TA only

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End Strength/TA Usage
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FY Comparisons
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FY04/FY05 1st Quarter Comparison of Enrollments
and Expenditures
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FY05 Projections

• 98,000 students
• 340,000 course enrollments
• Total Cost to AF 152M

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FY04 AF TA Distribution
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Impact of Distance Learning
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CCAF Students vs National Norms2000-2003 CAAP
Objective Test Results
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Air Force Virtual Education Center (AFVEC) - at
a glance

• https//afvec.langley.af.mil
• Available through the Air Force Portal
• AFVEC Home
• Comprehensive, Authoritative Education
  Information
• Latest Education News
• Content Management System
• Quick and easy way for bases to manage their
  education center profiles with
• News Content
• Schools Programs
• Events
• Customer Service Survey
• Needs Assessment
• Account Management

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AFVEC - at a glance

• My AFVEC
• Student Profile
• Interests
• Goals
• On-line Customer Service
• On-line Tuition Assistance Request
• On-line Education Record
• View Enrollments
• View Notifications for Grades Suspenses
• DANTES Test Score Results
• CCAF Transcript Request
• CCAF Degree Progression Report
• Future Initiatives
• On-line Scheduling
• Community-based Forums

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AFVEC Stats

• Student Services Introduced on 5 Feb 2003
• On-line Tuition Assistance (TA) Requests offered
  through 11 test bases beginning 7 Jan 2005
• More than 92,000 student profiles created
• 2,000 Average Hits per Day
• 1,565,046 Total Visitors
• Over 600 On-line TA Requests
• Top 10 Virtual Base Hits

Data current as of 11 Feb 2005
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Technology Future

• More reliance on automation
• On-line TA request ending test phase
• Available to all bases 1 Apr 05 as staff ready to
  implement
• All bases will have to use starting
• 1 Oct 05
• Centralized Tuition Assistance and Electronic
  Billing and Grade transmittal
• In test phase in PACAF

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Pending Legislation

• S.43 (Mr. Hagel)
• Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act of 2005
• Eliminates 1,200 reduction-in-pay for
  enrollment in MGIB
• Effective upon enactment of legislation
• Refunds to those who entered AD after 16 Nov
  2001
• Currently in committee

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Pending Legislation

• H. 269 (Mr. Camp) and S. 13 (Mr. Akaka)
• Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act of 2005
• Amend Title 38- enrollment opportunity for
  VEAPers who declined
• Entered service before 1 Jul 85
• No break in service
• On AD for enrollment period
• Honorable discharge
• Member pays 2700
• Currently in committee

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