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One way YTI Career Institute is maintaining its positive perception, among the community in which it serves, is that we are consistent with our policies and within our values.  We stay consistent from admissions through graduation and adhere to the guidelines and benchmarks that we have created, our accrediting body has created as well as the overall guidlines of the Department of Education.  There is no disconnect between what we do and what we say we will do, and I believe that is the best way to preserve the positive perception of the community. 

The Imagine America Foundation has decided to make it's Fact Book 2010: A Profile of Career Colleges and Universities available electronically.  Many in the career college community have requested access to the electronic version to use when they are meeting with congressional members.  We hope the data from our Fact Book will help change the public's misperceptions of career colleges.

The research compiled by JBL Associates, Inc. is broken out into critical areas of impact, presenting data on enrollment, student benefits and outcomes, career college student profiles, default rates, return on investment statistics, and job opportunities for graduates.

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The Financial Planning Made Simple (FPMS) was created by the Imagine America Foundation to help students protect their future.  FPMS is an online-based tool to help career college students make responsible financial decisions. It consists of an 18 minute animated, interactive video with the student’s choice of two avatars to walk them through basic budgeting, borrowing and repayment process.

FPMS includes a downloadable student financial planning calculator that students can use to help them create a budget and determine the amount of loan they can afford, along with what the best post-graduation repayment plan is for them.

The above notes lead me to ponder how an instructor's teaching goals, developmental activities and actual performance all relate together. Perhaps to maximize performance, an effective faculty development program must not only create a platform where faculty members can actively engage in setting individual goals, but provide a way for instructors to link their goals and activities together as well as measure the results in the classroom or lab.   

I would be curious to know of other's thoughts on this?

I enjoyed Dr. Carlson's session! I believe that our career colleges and universities should continue to closely align to their missions and together, as a unified body of professional educators, drive home the message to our communities: we effectively teach adult learners, many who are non-traditional, first-generation college students, the employable skills they need to succeed, technically and professionally, in their chosen occupational fields. This is evidenced by our institutional missions and by the accountable measures, such as placement rates, to which we adhere. 

As one who participated in the recent IAF/CEE Symposium in Burr Ridge, IL, I came away from the experience with even more enthusiasm about the important position career colleges and universities hold in the education and skills training of today's adult learner. Not only were best practices shared in student retention; faculty selection, development and performance; student outcomes assessment; and educational leadership, but participants discussed  practical and strategic solutions to the current challenges that our schools face. It is very apparent to me that my colleagues at the symposium share a personal passion for education, a commitment to their institution's missions, and most importantly a vision… >>>

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