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Credit hours left to degree completion.

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For teacher education candidates, close to completion centers around when they will enroll in student teaching.

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Within 6 credits of a credential?

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how to capture part time students who are close to completion but might not complete in specific time frame such as one academic year.

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Anticipated Graduation Date

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students over 50% completed toward degree or certification

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We can state estimated completion dates or semesters/trimesters/quarters left to completion.

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Hours from completion by level

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how to do this without incentivizing students to quit their jobs

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Credit hours left for completion

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Degree audits.

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15 credits or fewer for completion.

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Number of remaining credit hours

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Submission of a degree audit

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For PEL programs, student teaching and/or residency semesters. These are typically the semesters when students also need the most financial assistance

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Agree with when they enroll in student teaching.

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Once they are considered teacher candidates by ISBE's definition of a teacher candidate.

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We can verify "close to completion" upon request from ECACE.

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This may help people finish their degree and join the workforce but it will be at the cost of those entering the field, potentially causing a dip in enrollment.

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we have a form we have students fill out that is easy to see how close they are to degree completion, teacher qualified, and certificates. This helps!

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quicker entry to workforce or increased pay for the student

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Access to degree programs or master academic plans

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Final course selection before graduation

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Each student will work at different paces, completion may look different depending on the student and program they are completing.

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Some students' paths change. While a candidate might have been close to completion, she might take fewer credits this year and push completion out another year.

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Submit Spreadsheet that includes Name, Number of Hours Earned Overall, Hours in Current Semester, Anticipated Graduation Date

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Although this seems straightforward, it's not since we're finding some ECACE students' completion trajectories shift from semester/quarter to semester/quarter. In terms of what we need to do records wise, that's simple: look at their degree progress reports and determine where they are in their course completion rate.

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May not be equitable

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Using resources to facilitate quick entry into the workforce.

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I would consider anyone with an AAS in Early Childhood or who might have 6 or less semesters left as "close to completion" if we are trying to allow people to move from the continuum of "new student" to a PEL.

If we need to narrow down further, I would say any student that can complete either their AAS or Bachelors in 3 semesters or 4 quarters which would be one year for most institutions.

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Ensuring student is not missing any degree requirements.

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a concern: if we just prioritize this (I think we should given funding) We may cut of our nose in spite of our face on long term workforce shortages

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It will assist students at a moment where they may have run out of financial aid and/or when their need is the greatest. It is also the best return on investment.

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Degree audit and/or candidacy status and completion of studen teaching application

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Will not be able to recruit new students

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Percentage of credits earned compared to credits needed for degree at the institution.

Since some institutions require different amounts of credits for degree completion or have different credit set up, (quarters/semesters) a percentage would be best.

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how have we determined that this is the population with the most need/benefit?

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Our institution does not have a strong handle on degree audit systems for utilization in situations such as these.

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Audit all degree plans but we do this for paras each semester anyway to track progress and grades.

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Is this just for one year? If so, then we should see who is within that timeframe and prioritize those. If longer, then that provides additional time.

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Helping students who otherwise would not get finacial support to complete degree

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Ensure the students' have no holds, balances, and have confirmed their educational plan.

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Depends on the program, certificates may be close at one course left, but a bachelor's may be when the student is preparing for student teaching. (I hope I live up to the honest name :)

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Institutions can show evidence that candidates are in pre-completion status in ELIS.

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Consistency in the definition of time to degree within content areas. Knowing full well that "time to degree" may look different for different majors

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That errors can occur along the way that impact students

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The edTPA and content area exam passing score requirements before student teaching need to be considered as they might delay graduation.

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This will ensure that we don't have people who need to quit after significant investment but until things even out, we will see an enrollment dip.

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We have advising worksheets that indicate how many courses are left - very similar to degree audits.

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impacts of content test deadline changing

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What can we do to support students with the decrease in scholarship funding? This decrease has raised concern with students not being able to complete credentials and degrees.

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When do we look at data related to content test attempt, successful completion?

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benefit: support toward end of program helps improve completion rates

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For those seeking licensure, two semesters before student teaching. Non-licensure one semester before graduation.

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Prioritizing helps the student to map out their next steps in terms of completing the degree, transferring, applying for jobs, etc.

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if students are forced to stop out now and then we reauthorize additional funds for students who are close to completion how can we equitably capture those that would have been close but had to stop out due to scholarship loss

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implication: need a definition of "close to completion" that works for 4-year and 2-year degrees, as well as certificates

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Centralization of candidate review and awarding to ensure consistency & accuracy.

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Acknowledgement from a institution official of percentage of credit. Or submission of a recent transcript.

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We want to remain focused on the original origins of ECACE. We need to go back to year one where we focused on completing first sixty at community college to allow the most people to be impacted by the funding.

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We have this information through our records, advising, tracking...but having someone who has time (or being provided more time) to help these students and verify their status is helpful. The different departments may already do this, but there needs to be time for communication and conversations around this.

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Close to completion equals certificate or degree completion

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with all the program rewrites we need to update the curriculum modalities of instruction, this is an infrastructure need the state could assist with... (4)

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Students having the degree!

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Close to completion will be difficult to determine due to different paths. Two candidates might have the same number of credits left to take, but one might do it in one year and another do it in three years.

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Timing for verification of hours by college staff could be problematic

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Can we consider the amounts to only cover tuition and fees/books instead of offering additional dollars to stretch the dollars further.

If students are already receiving enough MAP/PELL to cover books and fees, could we then go to the next tier of need - kind of a sliding fee scale option

Could we ask them to commit to teaching in Preschool in a CBO or LEA or Below for 3 years following their completion knowing that TEACH and some of the other state scholarships require the commitment in public schools to avoid plight from Early Care and Education

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Authenticating a robust or at least an active Alumni Association for students. Especially for students who believe in helping students with first steps to becoming a college student

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ensuring a stronger path to solving our longterm workforce crisis (at least some recommendations)

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We have a history in this field of students, particularly those who are already members of the workforce, completing almost a full degree or a degree missing just student teaching or residency part of the program becuase of the barriers related (e.g. testing and perhaps the requirement to leave job)

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whether students have access to other scholarships

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Students in the middle are being lost again. ECACE should focus on students who are not already recieving support from fasfa

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What are the overall deliverables for ECACE consortium? Do we have clear outcomes? For example, we have the reporting requirements - what outcomes do those data demonstrate?

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How can this be done in a more timely manner? Students still have no idea if they are going to receive the scholarship, and this may be putting some students at risk for debts incurred.

There needs to be a better timeline for students.

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The timing of award. We have already lost students due to lack of funding.

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I understand why you're suggesting we make these students a priority (limited hope for limited State funds) yet am nervous that in doing so, we send unintended messages to the workforce: 'Too bad you're nowhere near finishing, we can't help you since you're 'too far away' from being done.' This message will 'turn off' those who had thought they'd have a chance at going to school finally--and they might give up altogether. I also wonder if this sends the message to the Legislature that we have 'small plans'--when we have big needs and big plans for continuing to increase the workforce as well as increase the education levels of the workforce.

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Prioritizing completers over new students may negatively impact enrollment for students who have a greater need for support, potentially causing longer term impacts

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credits remaining to complete

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One academic year plus a summer away from graduating.

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Not all students want are going to go to the highest level of degrees. For some, a certificate program is their goal not a degree

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Close to certificate completion

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Providing longer timeframe for students to submit applications

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Our smaller institutions do not have the manpower to continually figure out how close to completion, especially at community colleges where most of our students are taking 1-2 courses a semester. They are working and having families.

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Are Bachelor degrees being given a higher priority due to PFA? We have a much larger teacher shortage within our community programs, as evident by the many programs that are having to close down.

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Is it better to incentivize new students or students close to completion? Could hurt our recruiting efforts and enrollment numbers in the longer term if this only focuses on people finishing.

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A "priority" list of students from the institution indicating the students who are closest to completion from that institution. For example, who are the top ten closest to completion for the next academic year.

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Since the legislation requires AAS to BA transfer we should also think about how to prioritize that population.