Charter Oak/Alternative Credit Project

[Life Long Learning]

I saw that with my local CC who took a Walmart grant to help Vets and did nothing with it, but pay salaries.:ack:

So, COSC took the money and ran?

[bjcheung77]

I saw that with my local CC who took a Walmart grant to help Vets and did nothing with it, but pay salaries.:ack:

I sure hope that's not what COSC did, anyways, the thought of COSC being seedy is leaving a bad taste in my mouth as they were my initial choice before I chose TESU.

[dfrecore]

So, COSC took the money and ran?

I imagine that there was a set time-limit that they had to be in the program, and they waited at least that long before leaving. But I wonder what made them leave? It would be interesting to hear the reasoning.

Not that it makes a huge difference, because they accept the credits. But I'm just wondering.

[sanantone]

I imagine that there was a set time-limit that they had to be in the program, and they waited at least that long before leaving. But I wonder what made them leave? It would be interesting to hear the reasoning.

Not that it makes a huge difference, because they accept the credits. But I'm just wondering.

They probably had to give the money back or didn't stay long enough to get it. I was just making a joke.

[cookderosa]

So, COSC took the money and ran?

That's the way I'm reading it too...wth?

So, if you ALREADY accept ACE credit, why wouldn't you be listed on the ACP? That's very bizarre. I wish I knew the real story- it's so suspicious that ACP advertised the Charter Oak relationship in Sept only to have COSC walk a few weeks later. Hmmm.... there has to be a missing piece.

[Mamasaphire]

CHARTER OAK STATE COLLEGE
• Gained state approval for our first master’s degree—Master of Science in Organizational
Effectiveness and Leadership.
• Achieved a 17.2% growth in unduplicated registered students and an overall enrollment
growth of 11.9%.
•[COLOR="#FF0000"] Selected as an Experimental Site by the U.S. Department of Education for financial aid
for prior learning assessment[/COLOR].
• Selected to participate as a founding institution in the Alternative Credit Project
sponsored by the Gates Foundation and the American Council on Education (ACE).
• Exceeded our deliverables for the Department of Labor funded HL-SCI grant. Charter
Oak conducted the prior learning assessments for non-credit health related programs
offered by the community colleges and health related credentials.

http://das.ct.gov/Digest/Digest_2015/Reg...d%20of.pdf

Different topic, but did we ever hear about this? I wonder if any df members were able to benefit?

[topdog98]

It seems like we are jumping to a lot of conclusions here. There is no reason to assume COSC has done something unethical just because they are no longer a partner.

[Mamasaphire]

It seems like we are jumping to a lot of conclusions here. There is no reason to assume COSC has done something unethical just because they are no longer a partner.

I'm more interested in why they stopped the partnership. It just seems strange since there seem to be possible benefits and very little extra costs to the college/university itself, especially with a school that accepts alternative credit anyway. So maybe ACP charges a yearly "membership" fee to schools or something? It's just interesting.

[davewill]

I'm more interested in why they stopped the partnership. It just seems strange since there seem to be possible benefits and very little extra costs to the college/university itself, especially with a school that accepts alternative credit anyway. So maybe ACP charges a yearly "membership" fee to schools or something? It's just interesting.

Perhaps there weren't many benefits and the costs were no longer "very little"?