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E-mail list

The ACC Network is excited to provide an email discussion Listserv to foster communication between practitioners, policymakers, and others to share promising ideas and proven practices that help identify adults with some college credit who aren't enrolled in postsecondary education and build pathways to help them reenroll and complete a certificate or degree. Please review our terms and conditions of use prior to joining the Listserv.

Click here to join the Adult College Completion Network e-mail list.

Staff contacts

Demi Michelau

Demaree Michelau

Director of Policy Analysis
WICHE
Policy Analysis and Research

Patrick Lane

Patrick Lane

Project Coordinator
WICHE
Policy Analysis and Research

Russell Poulin

Russell Poulin

Deputy Director, Research and Analysis
WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies

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Webinar Series

The Adult College Completion Network hosts a free webinar series focused on issues crucial to increasing degree completion by adults with prior postsecondary credit. Be sure to check our events page for any upcoming webinars. Here you’ll find archived copies of previous webinars.

UPCOMING WEBINARS

FERPA Considerations for Data Mining Efforts -- June 20, 2013; 1 pm EST

This webinar will examine what considerations may be necessary when undertaking data mining efforts to identify former students who stopped out of your institution or system. FERPA experts will provide guidance and clarity on the FERPA implications of this important strategy to help increase adult college completion. Click here to register.

Additional information, including the agenda, will be available soon.

RECENT WEBINARS

The Federal Policy and Legislative Landscape: How will it affect adult college completion? — March 6, 2013.
Speaker: David Longanecker, president, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education

This webinar examines how federal policy and legislation may impact efforts to increase credential completion by adults who already have significant college credit.

To download the powerpoint slides, click here.

To view a recording of the webinar, please click here.

Lumina Foundation's Degree Qualifications Profile — February 7, 2013.
Speaker: Marcus Kolb, strategy officer, Lumina Foundation

This webinar highlighted Lumina's Degree Qualifications Profile and discussed current testing and future plans for its use. A recording of the webinar is available here.

You can also view the powerpoint slides here.

For background information on Lumina's Degree Qualifications Profile, click here.

Using the Adult Learning Focused Institution Assessment Tools — December 6, 2012.

Speaker: Judity Wertheim, vice president, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)
Understanding the strengths and weaknesses in the ways that your institution serves adult learners is key to providing them with opportunities to succeed. This webinar focuses on the ways that the ALFI assessment tools — which were developed by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) — can help you identify areas for improvement from your students’ perspectives as well as areas where programs and service are strong.

To view the webinar slides, click here. To view the webinar recording, click here.