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Publications and Forms
SOCCOAST Forms
SOCCOAST Student Agreement Form
and Instructions
Information Bulletins
SOCCOAST College Lists
SOCCOAST Network 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: soccoast@aascu.org
Margaret Cotroneo
SOCCOAST Project Director
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Responsibilities of the SOCCOAST
College
Each SOCCOAST 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 SOCCOAST 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 SOCCOAST Student Agreement, which is an official
evaluation and degree plan, on the standard form for each SOCCOAST
student who has completed two courses (6 semester hours).
- Award credit appropriate to the curriculum for Army service
schools and Rates and Ratings 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
SOCCOAST system.
- Accept in transfer, with no individual prior approval, comparable
courses listed in the transferability tables of the SOCCOAST
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 SOCCOAST
Handbook,) provided the courses are taken with colleges
after the Student Agreement is issued.
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