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Multiple Colleges One Degree Great Results!. Florida Council of Presidents Distance Learning Committee June 12, 2017. Michigan Radiologic and Imaging Sciences Consortium. Fondly known as “ MiRIS ”. What is the MiRIS Consortium?. A business model
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Multiple CollegesOne DegreeGreat Results! Florida Council of Presidents Distance Learning Committee June 12, 2017
Michigan Radiologic and Imaging Sciences Consortium Fondly known as “MiRIS”
What is the MiRIS Consortium? • A business model • A collaborative partnership that allows colleges to offer high cost medical imaging science programs in a cost-effective way • An effort to provide high quality advanced modality programs by sharing faculty, courses and students
Why did MiRIS start? • Advanced modalities • Advanced technology and sicker patients • Movement toward MRI certification requirement by Medicare Part B and encouragement by the American College of Radiology • High cost equipment + high cost faculty + low number of clinical experiences + low number of jobs = low enrollment and financial burden for any one college to do alone!
Founding Partners • Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, MI • Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, MI • Lake Michigan College, Benton Harbor, MI • Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI • Mid Michigan Community College, Mt. Pleasant, MI • Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI • Michigan Community College Association (MCCA) • Michigan Colleges Online (MCO)
Addition of MCCA – MCO! • Third-party neutral service provider and cheerleader • Financial agent for consortium • Common LMS platform for courses from multiple colleges • Common registration for courses from multiple colleges
How does MiRIS serve students? • Marketable certification in MRI • Quick to employment • Flexible delivery for time and place bound students • Equitable learning opportunities • All didactic coursework is offered online • All clinical work is completed regionally • Strong connection to employers through clinical experience • Ever-emerging MRI technology provides long-term career security
How does MiRIS serve an institution? • Shared cost due to: • Shared curriculum • Shared faculty • Shared staff – MiRIS MRI Program Director • Shared students • Shared clinical sites • Less cost + greater collaboration = high quality programming and exemplary outcomes! • Demonstrates innovation and good stewardship to all stakeholders
How does MiRIS work? • MRI Collaborative Agreement • Mission • Leadership • Instruction • Students Supports • Fiscal Model • Program specific Addendums
How does MiRIS work? • Consortium Governance Council • Administrative Representative (Dean/Vice President) from each college • Provides strategic and financial direction for the Consortium • Program Leadership Committee • Program Director/Coordinator for the college program • Responsible for executing policies, processes and procedures for successful student outcomes • Reports to the Consortium Governance Council
How does MiRIS work? • Colleges • Determine need for program • Change mindset to a consortium team mentality • Committed dean-level champion and a program-level champion • Internal communication and support plan • Agree on common curriculum • Develop processes to advise and admit students into program • Facilitate clinical site matchups – must have solid clinical affiliations • Develop and deploy retention strategies
How does MiRIS work? • MCCA • Facilitates the intercollegiate partnerships • Serves as fiscal agent for the Consortium • Employees the Director of Collaborative Programs • MCO • Provides the learning management system and the course design standards for the online courses • Course registrations run through the MCO with single tuition rate
Program Specifics • General educations courses completed prior to entry • Four semesters long for program courses • Online offering for didactic courses • Clinical rotations within the student’s region
What about those outcomes? • 93% completion rate! • 85% success on ARRT certification exam on first attempt – 100% overall • 100% job placement rate! • $3,700 surplus to EACH MiRIS partner last year!!
Future opportunities for MiRIS? • Strategically add more partners serving other areas of the state • Add more modality programming: • Examples: • CT (Computerized Tomography) • EEG (Electroencephalogram) • Add required CEU training for practicing medical imaging technologists
Future Opportunities for MiRIS-like Partnerships? • Any high cost, low enrolled courses or programs – all allied health programs?? • Frequent upgrades in curriculum development – IT?? • Arts & Sciences – courses and programs that struggle with enrollment but are valuable to the community and to the students they serve • International study or study abroad • Foreign languages • High 200 level courses in STEM • Possibilities are endless!
Ronda Edwards, Executive DirectorMichigan Colleges Online (redwards@mcca.org)Amy Lee, DirectorCollaborative Programs/MRI Program Director(alee@mcca.org)