Polk State College's Engineering Technology OEEE Associate's Degree

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Author(s): Naomi Boyer (Polk State College, USA), Eric A. Roe (University of Texas at Austin, USA), Kenneth Ross (Polk State College, USA), Patricia Jones (Spartanburg Community College, USA), Kathleen Bucklew (Polk State College, USA)and Marcia Conliffe (Polk State College, USA)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 32
Source title: Handbook of Research on Competency-Based Education in University Settings
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Karen Rasmussen (University of West Florida, USA), Pamela Northrup (Bigger Picture Strategy, USA)and Robin Colson (Tallahassee Community College, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0932-5.ch016

Keywords: Education / Higher Education / Information Science Reference

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This case study describes an Open Entry Early Exit (OEEE) program focused on untangling the web of systems, assumptions, roles, relationships, and interagency processes to address the national emphasis on affordable, compressed and flexible degree attainment, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) talent gap areas. To this end, Polk State College has empowered non-traditional students with an affordable, accessible option that was initiated as a result of a National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education (NSF-ATE) project award. The project was designed to transition a traditional Engineering Technology Associate in Science degree program to a hybrid competency-based, modular, non-term, self-paced, learner-centered, faculty-mentored format. As a work in progress, the OEEE program team has undertaken and resolved numerous challenges, many of which are still emergent, and identified significant breakthroughs to provide a catalyst to the reconceptualization of higher education.

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