Council of College and Military Educators

Navy VOLED Brief

Jon Richardson

Naval Education and Training Command

27 February 2013

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Tuition Assistance Execution

$90.314 $99.747

$89.720 $96.593

$85.322 $83.967 $86.403 $86.400

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$23.3M executed as of 21 DEC 12

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TA Participants by Distance Learning (DL) vs Instructor Led (IL)

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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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Number of Participants Using TA

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

16.1%

17.7%16.5%

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14.7%

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14.2%

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Top 25 Schools by Enrollments

FY10 FY11 FY12

Institutions Students Enrolls Institutions Students Enrolls Institutions Students Enrolls

AMU 4539 12,736 AMU 4,852 13,227 U of Maryland 5635 13684

U of Maryland 3746 12,047 U of Maryland 4,463 12,005 AMU 5290 13498

Coastline CC 3337 7592 Ashford U 2,603 8,405 Ashford U 2850 8485

U of Phoenix 2373 7135 Coastline CC 2,897 7,043 Coastline CC 2786 6425

Ashford 2341 7049 U of Phoenix 1,874 5,769 Columbia Col Missouri 2716 6036

ERAU 2502 6811 Embry Riddle AU 2,058 5,711 Saint Leo U 2253 5732

TUI 2473 6659 TUI 2,120 5,701 Excelsior College 2238 5585

Central TX 2658 5970 Columbia College 2,218 5,597 U of Phoenix 1734 4974

St Leo U 2145 5908 Saint Leo U 1,846 5,538 Embry Riddle A U 1963 4810

Columbia College 2438 5823 Excelsior 1,974 5,081 Central TX College 2112 4602

Excelsior 2069 5036 Central TX 1,987 4,710 TUI 1473 3642

Columbia Southern 1282 3844 Columbia Southern 1,294 3,759 Columbia Southern U 1245 3330

Thomas Edison 1490 3234 Thomas Edison 1,419 3,248 Vincennes U 1529 3232

Grantham 868 3054 Vincennes 1,404 3,044 Thomas Edison 1446 3214

Vincennes 1460 3036 Grantham 743 2,803 National U 1204 2988

SIU 692 2718 Tidewater CC 1,064 2,554 Tidewater CC 1320 2818

Tidewater CC 1151 2629 National U 865 2,427 Liberty U 657 2033

Hawaii Pacific 767 2207 FSC JAX 768 2,066 Grantham U 612 2021

National U 769 2186 S Illinois Carbondale 531 2,045 FSC JAX 872 1924

Strayer 571 1737 Hawaii Pacific 692 1,967 Hawaii Pacific U 835 1924

Liberty 422 1354 Liberty U 488 1,603 S Illinois U Carbondale 588 1863

La Verne 461 1324 Strayer U 411 1,231 Old Dominion U 499 1595

Chapman 431 1150 U of La Verne 407 1,123 Brandman U 505 1186

Bellevue 302 1025 Brandman U 342 961 Strayer U Wash DC 422 1110

Kaplan Online 373 961 U of Man and Tech 287 957 U of La Verne 398 1055

FY09 – FY11 Course Non-Completion Statistics

 

2009 2010 2011

Enrollments Course Completions

Non completed courses

% of non completions Enrollments Course

Completion

Non completed courses

% of non completions Enrollments Course

Completions

Non completed courses

% of non completions

UndergradLevel

Officer

Distance Learning 3,021 2,768 253 8% 2835 2705 130 4.5% 2,744 2,725 145 5.3%

Classroom 1,000 980 20 2% 805 802 3 .03% 622 607 17 2.7%

Enlisted

Distance Learning 93,685 75,011 18,674 20% 85,531 76,311 9,220 10.7% 88,036 77,950 7085 8%

Classroom 48,875 43,478 5,397 11% 41,193 39,079 2114 5.1% 31,760 28,709 2278 7.2%

Total 146,582 122,237 24,344 16.6% 130,364 118,897 11,467 8.8% 123,162 109,991 9525 7.7%

Graduate Level

Officer

Distance Learning 4,486 4,314 172 13.8% 4,068 3,841 227 5.6% 3,996 3,747 34 .85%

Classroom 1,939 1,720 219 11.3% 1,680 1,591 89 5.3% 1,421 1,357 185 13%

Enlisted

Distance Learning 6,314 5,400 914 14.4% 6,399 5,740 659 10.3% 6,396 5,980 422 6.6%

Classroom 2,651 2,558 93 3.5% 2,266 2,213 53 2.3% 1,776 1,701 53 3%

Total 15,390 10,112 1398 9% 14,413 13,385 1028 7.1% 13,589 12,785 694 5.1%

Total Course Level 161,972 132,349 25,742 15.8% 144,777 132,282 12,495 8.6% 136,751 122,776 10,219 7.5%

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16.6% 7.7%

9% 5.1%

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Navy TA Requirements

Navy has focused Sailor use of TA through policy changes and management controls:• Pass most recent Physical Fitness Assessment • Pass most recent rating exam• Not in a Duty Under Instruction status• Recommended for promotion• No Non-Judicial Punishment in last six months• Allowing TA funding for only one degree at each level• No funding for Continuing Education Units• Approved degree plan prior to TA authorization• Sailors must serve one year at their first permanent duty station

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Impact of Requirements

“Great Sailor First” • Require acclimation to Navy culture• Successful in their career equates to successful students

Sailor more degree-focused • Take courses at a more appropriate time in their career • Less likely to change institutions

Improved course completion rates• In FY09 the completion rate ~ 83%• In FY11 the completion rate increased to ~ 92%• In FY12 the completion rate has maintained

TA viewed as an earned benefit not entitlement

Future of Voluntary Education

FY12 Policy Changes• DoD MOU • No doctoral degrees• Reimbursement to Navy for unsuccessful completion:

“F” or “W” for undergraduate work “D” for graduate work

FY13 Policy Changes• Reinstate Clock Hours• DoD MOU Implementation (1 March 2013)

Education Counseling: Key enabler of mission readiness• Personal Readiness• Professional Readiness• Key enablers are:

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