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Win-Win Partnerships: . Dual Credit Providers and Secondary Institutions Aligning with National Standards to Ensure Students Success and Affordable Access to Postsecondary Institutions. Kathleen Burns, PhD - UMSL Lynne Clawson-Day - UMKC Mary Ellen Fuquay - MBU Gayle Rogan, PhD - SLU.
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Win-Win Partnerships: Dual Credit Providers and Secondary Institutions Aligning with National Standards to Ensure Students Success and Affordable Access to Postsecondary Institutions Kathleen Burns, PhD - UMSL Lynne Clawson-Day - UMKC Mary Ellen Fuquay - MBU Gayle Rogan, PhD - SLU
Outline of Presentation • Description of NACEP Standards/Artifacts • Short History of NACEP Standards/Artifacts • Overview of NACEP Standards/Artifacts standards • Positive effect of NACEP Standards/Artifacts on our programs • Questions
History • 1990s Informal sessions • 1999 20 institutions met and approved mission and by-laws • 2000 NACEP Standards/Artifacts incorporates • 2010 Currently 352 members • 146 Institutional • 206 Individual • 29 states represented
Requirements for NACEP Accreditation • Must meet and provide evidence for 15 separate standards. • 5 categories of standards • Curriculum • Students • Faculty • Assessment • Evaluation
Dual Credit Benefits the Students/Schools/State • Challenges students to meet high standards • Promotes high quality instruction • Acclimates students to rigors of college • Reinforces academic goal setting • Provides educated work force
Why Accreditation? • Serves as a guarantee to students, policy-makers, and other postsecondary institutions that the accredited CEP meets rigorous national standards. • Accountability through evidence/artifacts • Aids CEP alumni and families when they seek credit recognition for their CEP-earned college credits.
MDHE/COTA Principles of Good Practice +NACEP Accountability through Accreditation =WIN – WIN Partnership