Educational Quality through Innovative Partnerships (EQUIP) – Office of Educational Technology

Non-traditional provider: Guild Education

Quality assurance entity: Tyton Partners

Colorado State University Global Campus (Greenwood Village, CO)Guild EducationTyton Partners

With Guild Education, the Colorado State University-Global Campus plans to offer a one-year certificate program in Management and Leadership Fundamentals, aimed at helping students advance from low-wage roles into supervisory roles. The credits earned in the certificate can also be applied towards a bachelor’s degree from CSU-Global Campus. Half of the program will be comprised of credits from the Guild leadership modules, and the remaining half will be offered through regular CSU-Global coursework. Tyton Partners will form a non-profit organization to serve as the quality assurance entity, in partnership with Burning Glass Technologies, and Professional Examination Service, with support from RSM. Its quality assurance processes will include cognitive and non-cognitive assessments, compliance reviews of the program, and labor-market analytics.

Read their full application here.

Institution: Marylhurst University (Marylhurst, OR)

Non-traditional provider: Epicodus

Quality assurance entity: Climb

Marylhurst University (Marylhurst, OR)EpicodusClimb

In partnership with Epicodus, a local software coding school, Marylhurst University will offer a 27-week certificate program in Web and Mobile Development, with the goal of providing access to careers in computer software coding to low-income and historically underserved students. The program is designed to support students in a variety of ways, including using a flipped classroom approach so that in-class time will be used for exercises, projects, and discussions. It will also include a cohort social learning model that pairs students together. In completing the program, students will not only earn a certificate, but also will have access to industry employers through internship opportunities. Climb, Marylhurst’s quality assurance entity, will measure the outcomes for students and progress towards program goals, including data on student satisfaction surveys, persistence, retention, completion, and employment information such as salary data.

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Institution: SUNY Empire State College (Saratoga Springs, NY)

Non-traditional provider: The Flatiron School

Quality assurance entity: American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

SUNY Empire State College (Saratoga Springs, NY)The Flatiron SchoolAmerican National Standards Institute (ANSI)

The proposed SUNY Empire State program is partnering with the Flatiron School, a coding school with experience serving both low- and high-income students. The program will allow students to earn a certificate in Web Development. Courses will be offered through multiple modalities, including both online and in-person, depending on the program. Graduates will complete the program with a professional work portfolio of web products and a technical blog and profile. The quality assurance entity, American National Standards Institute, will evaluate student work, assessments, and key student outcomes such as credit transfer, retention and completion rates, using and building on existing models and processes for quality assurance.

Read their full application here.

Institution: University of Texas—Austin (Austin, TX)

Non-traditional provider: MakerSquare

Quality assurance entity: Entangled Solutions and Moody, Famiglietti & Andronico, LLP

University of Texas—Austin (Austin, TX)Entangled Solutions and Moody, Famiglietti & Andronico, LLP

The University of Texas at Austin proposes to partner with MakerSquare—a coding and software bootcamp—to offer a 13-week certificate program in Web Development. Students will learn a range of programming skills, including JavaScript and functional web computer programming, to prepare them for jobs as mid-level software engineers. The program will be continuously evaluated by two quality assurance entities: Entangled Solutions and Moody, Famiglietti & Andronico, LLP (MFA). Entangled Solutions will have responsibility for setting and monitoring outcomes-based standards for the program including claims for learning, assessments, student work, placement rates, earnings growth, and student satisfaction, while MFA will provide independent auditing to verify the program’s reported data, particularly for employment outcomes.

Read their full application here.