​ MAP Cohort Colleges​

Allan Hancock College • Antelope Valley College • Bakersfield College • Barstow Community College • Berkeley City College • Cañada College • Cerritos College • Chaffey College • Citrus College • Coastline Community College • College of San Mateo • College of the Canyons • College of the Desert • College of the Redwoods • Columbia College • Compton College • Copper Mountain College • Crafton Hills College • Cypress College • East Los Angeles College • El Camino College • Folsom Lake College • Fresno City College • Fullerton College • Golden West College • Hartnell College • Irvine Valley College • Los Angeles City College • Las Positas College • Lassen College • Long Beach City College • Los Angeles Harbor College • Los Angeles Mission College • Los Angeles Pierce College • Los Angeles Southwest College • Los Angeles Trade-Tech College • Los Angeles Valley College • Mendocino College • Merced College • MiraCosta College • Monterey Peninsula College • Moorpark College • Moreno Valley College • Mt. San Antonio College • Mt. San Jacinto College • Norco College • North Orange Continuing Education • Oxnard College • Palo Verde College • Palomar College • Pasadena City College • Porterville College • Rio Hondo College • Riverside City College • Saddleback College • San Bernardino Valley College • San Diego City College • San Diego College of Continuing Education • San Diego Mesa College • San Diego Miramar College • City College of San Francisco • San Jose City College • Santa Rosa Junior College • Santa Ana College • Santa Barbara City College • Santa Monica College • Santiago Canyon College • Shasta College • Sierra College • Skyline College • Solano Community College • Ventura College • Victor Valley College • West Hills College Coalinga • West Hills College Lemoore • West Lost Angeles College​

​California MAP Initiative

The Military Articulation Platform and MilCPL

Veterans complete rigorous training and coursework while on active duty. The American Council on Education (ACE) provides college credit recommendations based on analysis of military training. Nevertheless, our veterans often do not receive the credit they deserve. A Rand Corporation study estimates that only 1 in 4 veterans believes they receive the college credits they deserve for their military training.

The Military Articulation Platform (MAP) is a cloud-based system that matches college courses to credit recommendations from ACE, NCCRS, and other Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) recommending agencies. MAP uses a 4-step approval process to create articulations based on discipline faculty approval. Articulations are stored in MAP and offered as college credit to incoming and regional veterans. Articulations may be adopted by other participating colleges, creating an ecosystem designed to maximize military credit for prior learning (MilCPL).

Our Goal is to make it normal and expected for all veterans and active duty service members to receive all the credit they deserve--up to one year of credit in programs leading to high wage jobs and transfer.

The Riverside Community College District is leading the effort to design and deploy the MAP in California’s 116 Community Colleges and beyond. The goal is to improve equitable access, success, completion, transfer, and career attainment by maximizing MilCPL.​​

Background

The MAP project began in 2017 at Norco College and was supported by $250K legislative appropriation for Phase 1 (design and beta test). In 2018, Phase 2 (expansion to IEDRC regional colleges) began as Project #16 of the IEDRC.

Phase 3 (initial scaling statewide for MilCPL and CPL) begins January 1, 2022 and is supported by a $2M legislative appropriation. Phase 4 (scaling statewide and including all CPL) is proposed in the 2022-2023 State Budget.

MAP is a collaborative effort enjoined by the Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges (ASCCC), the CCC Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO), ACE, CalVet, and local and regional legislators.
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