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Servicemembers Opportunity College
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Servicemembers Opportunity College (SOC), co-sponsored by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), functions in cooperation with 13 other higher education associations, the Department of Defense, Active and Reserve Components of the Military Services, and the Department of Veterans Affairs to expand and improve voluntary postsecondary education opportunities for servicemembers worldwide.

The SOC Consortium, comprised of more than 1,900 college and university members, enrolls hundreds of thousands of servicemembers, their family members, and veterans annually in associate, bachelor, and graduate-level degree programs on school campuses, military installations, armories within the United States and overseas, and through distance learning and learning assessment. These voluntary programs are a significant joint venture and require strong commitment and coordination among academic institutions and agencies, the Military Services including the Coast Guard, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).

SOC is a vehicle to help coordinate voluntary postsecondary educational opportunities for servicemembers. SOC does this by:
  • seeking to stimulate and help the higher education community understand and respond to special needs of servicemembers;
  • advocating the flexibility needed to improve access to and availability of educational programs for servicemembers;
  • helping the Military Services including the Coast Guard, understand the resources, limits, and requirements of higher education;
  • helping the higher education community understand the resources, limits, and requirements of the Military Services including the Coast Guard; and
  • seeking to strengthen liaison and working relationships among military and higher education representatives.

 Related Topics for SOCs
  • SOC Principles
  • SOC Institutional Membership
  • SOC Conditions for Membership
  • SOC Criteria
  • SOC Institutional Operating Guidelines
  • Standards of Good Practice for Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges
  • Principles of Good Practice for Higher Education Institutions Providing Distance Education Programs
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