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SOC Consortium

Publications/Forms/Resources Consortium Colleges
For Students
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Kathy Snead
SOC Consortium President and
SOC Director

Andrea Baridon
Associate Director

SOC Staff

For More Information:
Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges
1307 New York Avenue, NW
Fifth Floor
Washington, DC 20005-4701

Phone:

Fax:
E-mail

(202) 667-0079
(800) 368-5622
(202) 667-0622
socmail@aascu.org
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SOC Consortium Publications/Forms/Resources

General Information

SOC Brochure (PDF 924KB) provides an overview of the SOC Consortium and other SOC operating programs.

SOC Consortium Guide

The SOC Consortium Guide provides specific information on each institutional member of the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Consortium. The Institutional Information page for each college or university contains the names, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of a SOC Representative, Counselor, and Veterans Program Administrator/Certifying Official; a list of military installations served; policies on awarding of credit for national testing programs, military experience, and other non-traditional learning; and membership in the SOCAD, SOCNAV, SOCMAR, and SOCCOAST degree networks. The Guide also contains the SOC Principles and Criteria; a listing of SOC staff, sponsoring and cooperating organizations represented on the SOC Advisory Board; and a section on non-traditional learning. The Guide is printed biennially.

Electronic copies of the SOC Consortium Guide are also available on CD-ROM at no charge to military education personnel and counseling staff at SOC Consortium colleges. These may be obtained by submitting a request to SOC.

SOC Consortium Institutional Membership

Application for Institutional Membership (PDF 100KB)

SOC Principles and Criteria (PDF 196KB)

SOC Standards of Good Practice (PDF 84KB)

Resources

News Bulletins

Opportunity contains program management information for the college and military educators who use the SOC system. Although they are sent to those on the SOC mailing list, electronic versions may be downloaded using the links below.

The Military Educator is the newsletter of the Commission on Military Education and Training (CMET) edited and distributed by Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges. It documents CMET proceedings and provides the latest information regarding education programs, services, writings and personnel relevant to the DoD Voluntary Education Program. Although they are sent to those on the CMET mailing list, electronic versions may be downloaded using the links below.