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Publications and Forms
SOCAD Forms
Information Bulletins
SOCAD Publicity
SOCAD College Lists
SOCAD Networks Lists
For additional information:
Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges
1307 New York Avenue, NW
Fifth Floor
Washington, DC 20005-4701
202-667-0079
800-368-5622
fax 202-667-0622
e-mail: socad@aascu.org
Judith Loomer
SOCAD Project Director
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Responsibilities of the SOCAD College
Each SOCAD member college agrees to:
- Be an institutional member of SOC.
- Serve as a home college for servicemembers and their adult
family members enrolling in degree programs that are part of
the SOCAD system at specified locations.
- Limit academic residency requirements for graduation, regardless
of location or delivery option, to no more than 25 percent of
the total degree requirements.
- Issue a SOCAD Student Agreement, which is an official evaluation
and degree plan, on the standard form for each SOCAD student
who has completed two courses (6 semester hours).
- Award credit appropriate to the curriculum for Army service
schools and MOSs based on recommendations in the ACE Guide
to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services
(ACE Guide).
- Award credit appropriate to the curriculum for nationally
recognized standardized tests, such as CLEP, DSST, and ASE, based
on the recommendations in the ACE Guide to Educational
Credit by Examination.
- Permit the student to complete the program under the terms
of the Student Agreement, even after separation from active military
service and even if the college is no longer a member of the
SOCAD system.
- Accept in transfer, with no individual prior approval, comparable
courses listed in the transferability tables of the SOCAD Handbook, provided the
courses are taken after the Student Agreement is issued.
- Accept in transfer, with no individual prior approval necessary,
General Education elective courses (as defined in the SOCAD Handbook,) provided the
courses are taken with colleges after the Student Agreement is
issued.
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