Hello,
If you get a chance, please review the section An Alternative on the wiki page:
https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/o6uKAQTalk to you soon!
Ann
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Sent: Monday, November 7, 2011 2:56:13 PM
Subject: [InC-Student] Streamlining Admissions: Friday Nov 11 at 3:00 pm ET
All,
Just a reminder that we talking about the Streamlining Admissions Project (internally called AdmitMe) as described in my note on Sept 30th (included at the bottom of this message) on our 3:00 pm ET call this Friday.
Agenda
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- Bash Agenda
- Overview of Project
- Open DIscussion of Value Proposition and Issues for Higher Ed
- Next Steps
Dial-in numbers
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+1-734-615-7474 PREFERRED
+1-866-411-0013
Access code: 0178568#
I hope you can join us.
Best,
Ann
Text of Note from September 30th
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Hello All,
We've started an important project with PESC which has the potential of having huge affect on campus admissions processes. I propose that we refocus our efforts in InCommon Student to exploring the opportunities and ramifications of this work for higher education.
Our first call to discuss this next project will be November 11. Read on for my plea. ;)
Called the Streamlining Admissions Project (or AdmitMe), please read the vision at:
https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/InCAdmissions/Streamlining+the+Admissions+Process+for+Prospects%2C+Service+Providers%2C+and+Higher-Education+Institutions. In a nutshell, prospects sign up for online credentials at a third-party identity provider and use these federated credentials to access College Board, ACT, Common Application, and other service providers (Pearson? FASFA?), and apply to college.
For higher education, this means:
- Outsourced authentication for your prospects. No managing accounts for hundreds or thousands of folks when only a small fraction will be admitted/attend. You would only manage accounts for those attending.
- Prospect credential will be identity proofed (thanks to CollegeBoard/ACT/testing agencies) so the strength will be stronger/your risk will be lower during the prospect phase. Identity proofing may not be needed for distance education students.
- Common unique identifier would tag the reports you receive from participating organizations. No matching headaches for ACT/SAT reports, for instance.
The current project, run by PESC rep Arnie Miles from Georgetown with InCommon partnership, is working with the first vendors: College Board, ACT, National Student Clearinghouse, and Common App. (Department of Ed/FASFA folks have offered to join the calls as well.) So far, we're helping the organizations develop their technical pieces for a prototype and plan use that to help drive vendor-related requirements and interest.
Where does InCommon Student come in? Someone needs to look at this from the campus point of view, both as a user of the federated service and from a policy perspective. I think this group is well poised to begin this discussion, identify the major issues, hold community discussions, and drive consensus on business value, privacy issues, service offerings, campus risk, and so on. In this light, Jim Bouse, VP of IT for AACRAO and Associate Registrar for Technology at University of Oregon has joined InCommon Student to help determine what AACRAO's role might be in this project.
If this succeeds folks, it will be game changer.
I hope you can join us.
Best regards,
Ann
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Ann West
Assistant Director,
Assurance and Community
Internet2/InCommon/Michigan Tech
office: +1.906.487.1726
