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itérons’ military training to translate to college credits
ly Brian Baldwin
News Editor
s Clackamas Community
ge continues to boast its ser-
for veterans, a grant from the
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returning veterans trying
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tary experience for college credit
According to Steffen Moller, dean of
curriculum, planning and research,
students, regardless of being a vet
eran or not, can bring credits to
Clackamas through prior learning
such as AP courses from high school.
However this grant will create a sys
tem where veterans can cross huge
hurdles to get a degree based upon
their job, or Military Occupational
Specialty.
“What we’re trying to do with
the grant from ACE-Walmart is to
look at some of those trainings in the
military and then work with depart
ments here on campus to look at the
outcomes of the training and the out
comes of our courses and say, ‘OK, if
you come in with this, we’ll give you
credit for this course,”’ said Moller.
According to Moller, ACE travels
to military installations and compares
the outcomes of military training to
general college courses, and based
upon their recommendation, the col
lege can award college credit for
that training. However ACE does not
make a distinction on which course
to award credit for.
“The limitation on that is that it
doesn’t say ‘BA-285,’ ‘MTH-111’ or
whatever else it may be. ft does not
tie directly to an equivalent course
on any campus,” said Moller. “That
will become the local college’s deter
mination.”
The college is looking at three
different areas to allow veterans to
get college credit for business man
agement, water quality ;uid automo
tive rep;iir.
“One of the departments we
are working with is the automotive
department I was talking with David
Bradley, and he said that he had
worked with a student that did auto
maintenance in Iraq, so he knows
how to take a transmission apart put
it back together and put it back inside
toe truck. And he’s going to take
that out into combat? Yeah, I think
we can give him credit for what we
would teach in a transmissions class,
because not only has he done it but
he’s also depending on it in a differ
ent fashion,” said Moller.
Please see MILITARY, Page 3