Council of College and Military Educators
Navy VOLED Brief
Jon Richardson
Naval Education and Training Command
27 February 2013
Tuition Assistance Execution
$100
$99.747
$90.314
$89.720
$90
$23.3M executed
as of 21 DEC 12
$96.593
$85.322 $83.967 $86.403 $86.400
Total TA Dollars (M)
$80
$70
$60
$50
$40
$30
$20
$10
$0
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Fiscal Year
2011
2012
2013
Projected
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Average Cost Per Course Trend
$700
Dollars
$600
$500
$400
$300
$200
$100
$0
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Fiscal Year
3
TA Participants by Distance Learning
(DL) vs Instructor Led (IL)
DL
IL
50,000
70%
66%
30%
34%
Participants
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Fiscal Year
4
TA Dollars Spent on DL vs IL
DL
IL
80
70
Total TA Dollars (M)
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Fiscal Year
5
Number of Participants Using TA
% of Workforce
70,000
18.2%
18.5%
17.7%
Participants
60,000
16.5%
16.1%
50,000
14.7%
14.2%
2011
2012
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Fiscal Year
6
Number of Enrollments
180,000
160,000
Enrollments
140,000
120,000
100,000
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
Fiscal Year
2010
2011
2012
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Average Number of Course/Sailor
Courses/Sailor
3
2.75
2.5
2.25
2
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Fiscal Year
8
Top 25 Schools by Enrollments
FY10
Institutions
FY11
Students
Enrolls
Institutions
Students
FY12
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
FY09 – FY11 Course
Non-Completion Statistics
16.6%
7.7%
2009
Officer
Enlisted
Course
Completion
Non
completed
courses
% of non
Course
Enrollments
completions
Completions
Non
completed
courses
% of non
completions
8%
2835
2705
130
4.5%
2,744
2,725
145
5.3%
20
2%
805
802
3
.03%
622
607
17
2.7%
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%
146,582
122,237
24,344
16.6%
130,364
118,897
11,467
8.8%
123,162
109,991
9525
7.7%
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%
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%
15,390
10,112
1398
9%
14,413
13,385
1028
7.1%
13,589
12,785
694
5.1%
161,972
132,349
25,742
15.8%
144,777
132,282
12,495
8.6%
136,751
122,776
10,219
7.5%
Distance
Learning
Total
Graduate
Level
Officer
Enlisted
Total
Total Course Level
2011
Enrollments
Distance
Learning
Distance
Learning
Non
% of non
completed
completions
courses
Enrollments
Course
Completions
3,021
2,768
253
980
93,685
Classroom 1,000
Undergrad
Level
2010
9%
5.1%
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Navy TA Requirements
 Navy has focused Sailor use of TA through policy
changes and management controls:
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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
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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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