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Mission

• Support the Voluntary Education functions of the
  office of the Secretary of Defense, including the
  Military Services, Reserves, and other DoD
  components.
• DoD Instruction 1322.25 dtd 05 Feb 97

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Total Force
Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
Seven Guard/Reserve Components
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DANTES Special Enlisted Advisor
MCPO Timothy ZernickCML(850) 452-1111, Ext. 3153
/ DSN 922 ea_at_voled.doded.mil

• POC between the field and DANTES
• Conducts courtesy visits
• Provides feedback and updates
• Links with installation senior enlisted personnel
  
• Manages special projects

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DANTES Reserve Component Advisor
MAJ Ron LeeCML(850) 452-1111 Ext. 3127 / DSN
922 rca_at_voled.doded.mil

• POC between the field and DANTES
• Conducts courtesy visits
• Provides feedback and updates
• Manages special projects

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General Program Data / FY06

• Enrollments
• Undergraduate 710,222
• Graduate 88,749
• Degrees Completed
• HS / GED 39
• Associate 26,633
• BA / BS 7,958
• Graduate 8,822
• Doctorate 15
• Expenditures
• Personnel 64.1M
• Contracts 61.5M
• TA 431M

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Navy Program Data / FY06

• Enrollments
• Undergraduate 176,318
• Graduate 15,576
• Degrees Completed
• HS / GED 3
• Associate 2,185
• BA / BS 1,840
• Graduate 425
• Doctorate 15
• Expenditures
• Personnel 10.6M
• Contracts 5.7M
• TA 95.2M

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DR. SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON A SOLDIER AND THE STATE
- 1957

• THE ENLISTED MEN, SUBORDINATE TO THE OFFICER
  CORPS, ARE PART OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL BUREAUCRACY
  BUT NOT OF THE PROFESSIONAL BUREAUCRACY. THE
  ENLISTED PERSONNEL HAVE NEITHER THE INTELLECTUAL
  SKILLS NOR THE PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
  OFFICER. THEY ARE SPECIALISTS IN THE APPLICATION
  OF VIOLENCE, NOT THE MANAGEMENT OF VIOLENCE.
  THEIR VOCATION IS A TRADE, NOT A PROFESSION.

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Effectiveness of Voluntary Education

• PROMOTION
• Chance of making E-5 in 5 years
• No VOLED 31 percent
• 15 College credits 43 percent
• 60 College credits 66 percent

Navy Study Dr. Ernest H. Joy and Dr. Federico
E. Garcia (Center for Naval Analysis, April '98).

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Effectiveness of Voluntary Education

• DEMOTION
• Chance of being demoted by end
• of first contract
• No VOLED 14 percent
• Academic skills 07 percent
• College 06 percent

Navy Study Dr. Ernest H. Joy and Dr. Federico
E. Garcia (Center for Naval Analysis, April '98).

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Effectiveness of Voluntary Education

• RETENTION
• Percentage Re-enlisting
• No VOLED 31 percent
• 15 College credits 37 percent
• 30 College credits 43 percent
• 60 College credits 55 percent

Navy Study Dr. Ernest H. Joy and Dr. Federico
E. Garcia (Center for Naval Analysis, April '98).

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Positive Effects of Voluntary Education
VolEd Programs

• ENHANCE MISSION READINESS
• CONTRIBUTES TO RECRUITING
• ASSISTS IN RETENTION
• MORE PRODUCTIVITY AND BETTER DECISION MAKING
• SUPPORTS TRANSITION FROM THE MILITARY TO A NEW
  CIVILIAN PROFESSION

Army Study Impact of Army Continuing Education
System (ACES) on Soldier Retention and
Performance (Human Resources Research
Organization, The Lewin Group, and the US Army
Research Institute, June 2003)
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Information

• Web sites
• DANTES
• http//www.dantes.doded.mil
• DoD Voluntary Education
• http//www.voled.doded.mil
• DANTES Information Bulletin (DIB)
• Online newsletter, published monthly

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http//www.dantes.doded.mil
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DANTES Training
http//www.dantes.doded.mil/
Test Control Officer (TCO) 2007 (Pensacola, FL)

•  8-10 May
• 14-16 August
• 6-8 November

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Audiovisual Aids
Video / CD-ROMs

• A Matter of Degree
• 10 minute video
• Target Audience Service members

• Types of degrees
• Accreditation
• Role of ACE and SOC

• DANTES Your Partner for Success
• 15 minute video
• Target Audience Education Officers, Education
  Counselors, Military Recruiters

• This video identifies various DANTES programs
  and methods to reach your educational goals.

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SOC ACE GUIDES
Higher Education

• SOC Consortium Guide
  online http//www.soc.aascu.org
• Books (2-volume) and CD-ROM
• Over 1,800 Participating Institutions
• Networks SOCAD, SOCMAR, SOCNAV, SOCCOAST plus
  SOCGuard ConAP
• ACE Guide online http//www.militaryguides.acenet
  .edu

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MIVER
Higher Education
Military Installation Voluntary Education Review
2007 (Calendar Year)
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Counselor Support
Guidance Materials Interest Inventories

• Computer Assisted Guidance Information System
  (CAGIS) Discover (CD-ROM web based)
• Campbell Interest and Skill Survey
• Career Assessment Inventory
• Holland Self-Directed Search
• Kuder Career Search w/Person Match
• Strong Interest and Skills Confidence Inventory
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (TRNG)

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Reference Publications
Reference Publications

• Petersons Set (on-line at AKO, NKO, AFVEC)
• College Handbook
• The National Guide to College Credit for
  Workforce Training (available on-line only)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
  (available on-line
  only)
• Department of Veterans Affairs Publications

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Certification
Certification Programs

• Over 60 MOUs with Certifying Agencies
• Embracing computer based delivery

certprog_at_voled.doded.mil
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Certification
FAA Testing

• Computer Based Tests
• 3 Airman knowledge Tests
• Aviation Mechanic General
• Aviation Mechanic Airframe
• Aviation Mechanic Powerplant
• DANTES provides training and FAA
• certificate or score reports at conclusion
  of testing
• Currently 23 base education centers offer FAA
  tests

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Distance Learning Catalogs Online
Distance Learning

• DANTES Independent Study Catalog (DISC)
• DANTES External Degree Catalog (DEDC)
• DANTES Catalog of Nationally Accredited Distance
  Learning Programs (NADLP)
• 202 Colleges and Universities
• More than 6,000 Courses

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Distance Learning Catalogs OnlineAND on CD ROM
Distance Learning
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Distance Learning Formats Evolving to Hand-held
Devices
Distance Learning
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Examinations Program

• High School Equivalency (GED) Test
• College Credit Examinations
• (DSST, CLEP, and ECE)
• College Admission Examinations
• (ACT, SAT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, and Praxis)
  
• Test preparation material

• Administered on more than 580 military
  installations by the DANTES Test Control Officer
  (TCO)

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DANTES administered over 184,000 exams to the
Navy in the last five years!Navy DANTES Testing
in FY 2006

•  CLEP General 3,774
• CLEP Subject 4,147
• CLEPeCBT OC-NTC 837
• CLEPeCBT OB-NTC 4,963
• DSSTs 7,491
• Excelsior 1,634
• SAT 1,456
• ACT 1,839
• PRAXIS 243
• GED 2,453
• Guidance 5,558
• Total 06 34,743

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Partnerships
with National Test Centers
Commercial Vendors
Colleges and Universities
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Examinations Program
Options to Access CLEP/DSST

• National Test Centers On College Campuses
• CLEP eCBT started February 2004
• IBT DSST starts 1 October 2007
• National Test Centers On-Base
• CLEP eCBT started 1 June 2004
• IBT DSST starts 1 October 2007
• CLEP paper-based testing at DANTES Test Centers
  started 1 April 2004
• No change with the availability of DSST
  paper-based testing at DANTES Test Centers

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On-Campus Status Report
Examinations Program

• Over 600 colleges/universities have administered
  funded CLEP eCBT exams to the military
• Currently averaging 400 funded CLEP eCBT exams
  per month
• Expect growth in IBT DSST testing to parallel
  CLEP over the next few years

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CONUS On-Base National Test Center Status Report
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Examinations Program
RE Credit by Examination
Q What is the benefit to me?
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Examinations Program
SAVES

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Service Comparison 2004-2006
Tuition Assistance
930 Million
Tests for College Credit
225,000
Undergraduate Degrees
69,866
439 Million
125,000
28,109
Army, Navy and Marines
Air Force
Army, Navy and Marines
Air Force
Army, Navy and Marines
Air Force
Testing Saves Money
Source Voluntary Education Fact Sheets 2004,
2005, 2006
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Examinations Program
Benefits Of CLEP eCBT

• No test booklet inventories
• On-demand testing - all tests available
• Instant scoring results
• Increased security
• Uniform ACE recommendations
• Year-round essay testing

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Examinations Program
CLEP National Test Centers On- Campus

• At college campuses
• Military Friendly http//www.collegeboard
  .com/CLEP
• Service member makes registration, schedules,
  pays admin fee
• DANTES funds examination fee only

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http//www.collegeboard.com/CLEP
1111 Sample College Sample, USA (111) 111-1111
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CLEP eCBT Paper-Based Versions
Examinations Program
CLEP General Exams Estimated volume
38,000 Overall pass rate 66
CLEP Subject Exams Estimated volume
21,000 Overall pass rate 65

• English Composition
• College Mathematics
• Humanities
• Social Science and History
• Natural Science

• Principles of Management
• Freshman College Composition
• College Algebra
• Information Systems
• U.S. History I
• U.S. History II
• Analyzing Interpreting Literature
• Introductory Sociology
• Introductory Psychology

Optional essay available
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Program Purpose

• Recruit quality teachers for schools serving
  low-income families
• Help relieve teacher shortages, primarily in
  Math, Science, Special Ed
• Assist military personnel in moving to second
  careers in K-12, public school teaching

"Americas school children need you Laura
Bush, First Lady of the United States
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Troops to Teachers

• 15M funding for FY 07
• Almost 10,000 Troops entered teaching
• 33 State TTT Offices - covers 49 states
• Services
• Counseling
• Referral and placement assistance
• Financial assistance
• http//www.proudtoserveagain.com

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State Offices
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Office of the Under Secretary of Defense,
Personnel and Readiness, Military Community and
Family Policy, Educational Opportunities
Directorate
Spouses To Teachers
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Purpose Provide assistance to spouses
interested in pursuing a career as a
teacher Eligibility Spouses of active duty
personnel, selected reserve National Guard
members, IRR recalled to active duty must
have current ID card Benefits Information
and guidance regarding certification, financial
assistance, employment. Funding for state exams
required for certification. Pilot States CA,
CO, FL, GA, KS, NE, NV, NM, TX, VA, UT, LA,
NC, SC now available in Europe Web Site
http//www.spousestoteachers.com
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DoD Worldwide Education Symposium
ATLANTA

27 -31 July 2009
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Service member Constants

• They just dont know what is available
• Resources accessibility Participation
• Focus of a degree plan
• Balance between education and mission

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GO
To your Navy College Center
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GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY

• IN ANY CAREER OR PROFESSION, A MANS VALUE IS
  MULTIPLIED BY HIS EDUCATION. SCHOOLING ASSURES
  THE GOOD SOLDIER A BETTER CHANCE TO GET AHEAD.
  IT HELPS A MAN WIN PROMOTION, MORE PAY, AND
  ADVANCEMENT IN THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR VOCATION.
  A BETTER EDUCATED SOLDIER IS A BETTER
  SOLDIER..MORE USEFUL TO HIS COUNTRY AND MORE
  USEFUL TO HIMSELF.

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6490 Saufley Field Road Pensacola, FL 32509-5243
Web Site http//www.dantes.doded.mil