Headquarters U. S. Air ForceI n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e

SMSgt David W. Umlang for

Kimberly A Yates

HQ US Air Force

Learning Division

Air Force Voluntary Education

UpdateCCME Symposium

February 2013

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Overview

Proud History Today’s Airman Enlisted Learning Continuum Air Force Institutional Competencies Statistical Snapshot Today and Beyond

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Voluntary Education Builds a Professional Corps

Post Civil War Officers teaching members how to read Kept them busy while stationed at remote frontier sites

After WWII AF had a great need for rated officers Accession sources for officers with or without bachelor’s

Aviation Cadet Program , Officer Candidate School AFROTC, USAFA, OTS

Post accession degrees - assisted officers in degree completion Bootstrap - rated officers to complete degree in 1-2 terms

“Space Race” - AF set goal that all officers have a bachelor’s degree

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Voluntary Education Builds a Professional Corps

1960’s Vol Ed Program began

75% Military Tuition Assistance (Mil TA) program counseling services and DoD funded testing A few on-base college programs

Officer accession policy only available to those with degree Bootstrap expanded to include enlisted interested in commissioning Vol Ed took on counseling for commissioning programs

1970s Push to bring schools on-base Vol Ed took on “Transition Program” Community College of the AF created for credentialing

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Voluntary Education Builds a Professional Corps

1980’s More programs created for enlisted to be commissioned Bootstrap changed to allow completion of bachelor’s or master’s CCAF received regional accreditation

1990’s CCAF’s reputation grew - extensive outreach to counsel Airmen Enlisted began using Mil TA for CCAF Burst of on-line schools created as the Internet grew

2000’s 80% of Mil TA budget is spent on enlisted 20% of Mil TA budget is spent on officer AADs

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Voluntary Education Builds a Professional Corps

Today Vol Ed Program has become the “go to” option

for professional education Mil TA builds professional corps

Entices the best to make AF a career Education - among the top reasons individuals join the AF

After patriotism & job opportunities Education THE TOP benefit named for influencing

Airman to re-enlist

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Today’s Airmen

Defining Characteristics:Tech Savvy: Rely on technology; cut on their own computer technology and internetMulti Tasking: Can listen to music and work on a computer while watching TV Diverse: Most diverse generation in history; parents include Baby Boomers to Gen X’ers

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Today’s Airmen

Generation Demographics

Age Demographics

Bachelors52%Masters

39%

PhD/Prof9%

Education Level - Enlisted

Education Level - Officer

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Enlisted Force Development Continuum

FORCE DEVELOPMENT = TRAINING + EDUCATION + EXPERIENCE

TACTICALEXPERTISE

OPERATIONALCOMPETENCE

STRATEGICVISION

Increased Institutional Competencies

Voluntary Education/Degree Programs

CCAF

AF Sponsored Degree Programs EDU

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AB Amn A1C SrA SSgt TSgt MSgt SMSgt CMSgt

NCOAALS SNCOA

OJT, Ancillary and Formal Training

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5-level UpgradeTech Trng

7-level Upgrade 9-level Upgrade CEM

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AF Institutional Competencies

Employing Military Capabilities , Enterprise Perspective, Managing Organizations and

Resources , Strategic Thinking

Strategic Vision

Operational Competence

Tactical ExpertiseLe

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ship

Lev

els

Embodies Airman Culture, Communicating Personal Leading People, Fostering Collaborative

Relationships People/Team

Organizational

People/Team

Organizational

Personal

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Statistical and Historical Snapshot (FY12)

104K Airmen enrolled in college courses ~30% of all active duty Airmen enrolled FY02 participation was 18%

277.3K enrollments $194.5M expended for Mil TA only for FY12

$6M increase from FY11 Does not include operational costs

Historical Total Vol Ed Budget break out (Mil TA, salary, infrastructure) 81% - Mil TA 14% - Salaries 5% - Infrastructure

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Air Force Vol Ed Programs are very active !

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FY10-FY12 Distance LearningVs. Instructor-Led Courses

FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12College courses

Students

Enroll-ments

Gov’tCost*

Students

Enroll-ments

Gov’tCost

Students

Enroll-ments

Gov’t Cost

Students

Enroll-ments

Gov’t Cost

In-class

37.2K 111.9K $59.6M

40.2K 97.7K 49.9M 47.7K 65.8K 38.7M 33.6K 62.5K 36.8M

Distance Learning

56.7K 170.5K 117.6M 56.1K 181.6K

134.6M 76.2K 204.7K

149M 171K 214.6K

157M

% of Enrollments

FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12

In-Class 40% 35% 24% 21%

Distance Learning

60% 65% 76% 79%

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Today and Beyond

Concerns in the AF Voluntary Education Community Rising cost Sustainability Pressure to reduce Defense spending Increased collaboration between OSD and Services

Initiate efficiencies across functional communities Centralization of MilTA financial transactions

In response to RMD703 cuts and needed efficiencies

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Update on MilTA Centralization

Efficiencies Single Use/ Payment Plus card

eliminates need for receipts Allows interface between AFAEMS and USBank

Case Management System (CMS) - Reaches out to base-level finance offices for student reimbursements

Working with SAF/FM and DFAS to obtain digital signatures on DD139 Instituted on-line annual MilTA training

Increased standardization - Single POC for MilTA transactional issues Consolidation of IT changes/updates for quick start up Volume drives understanding of policy impact and procedures

Allows for quick changes to accommodate business practices Multi-million dollar invoice payment process changed to reduce time for

validation --from 3-4 weeks to just a few days---institutions get paid faster

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Education is for

ANY place

ANY time

ANY Airman

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THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING “YOUR” AIRMEN!

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Questions

Question: Do we have any numbers that reflect the effect of the drawdown between now and 2015 on MilTA? Answer: No our projections are still showing an increase.

In times of drawdown we have always experienced increased interest/use of MilTA as members prep for life after the military.

Question: MilTA online training; where is that training available? Answer: It is on the AF Virtual Education Center (AFVEC)

and AFAEMS.