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Objectives

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Messaging & Positioning

Product description

The CCCApply Non-Credit Application is a streamlined, residency-determination-free version of the Standard Application, with a unique, college MIS-code branded URL intended explicitly for students enrolling exclusively in non-credit courses. More like a "workflow" than a completely separate application, the non-credit application uses the same infrastructure as the Standard Application - but without the residency questions or the residency algorithm.  The residency status field will automatically default to "N" and a new "non_credit" flag will default to "True" for all applicants who enter the Standard Application via the new Non-Credit URL. 

Short positioning statement

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• The Non-Credit Application IS the Standard Application; it's basically one and the same EXCEPT:
  • The NC application has a separate, unique URL (front-door) which is the main identifier/indicator that the application is not a "standard" Standard Application and does NOT include residency questions, pages or logic
  • The NC application does not go through the Submission Calculation Service (residency logic) and does not deliver a <res_status> residency status - this will be a blank or Null value in the download file
  • The NC application does not include the Citizenship/Military page or the Residency page - all these fields will either be blank or Null in the download files and in the Report Center
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• The Non-Credit Application IS the Standard Application; it's basically the same application including: 
  • Uses the same admin configuration setup in the CCCApply application in the Administrator that the Standard Application uses, including Terms, Majors, Rules, Supplemental Questions, Reset Downloads, etc.
    • Admin configuration for the Non-Credit Application is the same as the Standard Application
    • There is no separate admin confirmation for the NC Application -
    • The NC Application is the same as the Standard Application in many ways:
      • Same UI look & feel
      • Same college branding
      • No separate implementation/on-boarding process 
      • Same Admin, Report Center, Download Client, Download XML files 
    • This means - there are no unique Terms, Majors, Rules, SQs, etc. for the Non-Credit Application
  • Uses the same reporting tool, CCC Report Center, and the same Public report templates created for the Standard (Submitted Applications) 
    • Colleges will login to the Report Center and can run reports on Non-Credit Application using their existing user accounts for the Report Center 
    • Colleges can run reports on NC applications using the same Views, Reports, and data fields as the Standard (Submitted) Applications folders
    • A distinguishing factor is the Confirmation or App ID numbers
  • Uses the same Download Client for the Standard Application
    • Uses the same Format Definition XML
    • Uses the same Job XML file
    • Based on the same set of data fields used in the Standard Application 
    • The only different is that SOME of the data fields will not deliver values because those pages/questions are hidden in the NC application
  • Uses the same data field sets as specified in the CCCApply Standard Application Data Dictionary
    
    
• The NC Application uses the same 
  
  
• NC Application goes through all the same post-submission web services and processes that the Standard App does EXCEPT THE RESIDENCY Submission Calculation Service
  • Does use: Spam Filter
  • Does use: CDE, CCGI, other post-submission services
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• Colleges can identify NC applications from Standard Applications in the following ways:
  • Confirmation Numbers for NC submitted applications begin with "NC-" - otherwise everything else is the same
    

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Timeline

See Release 6.4.0 Summary Notes

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Budget

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Risks

FAQ:  Issues & Key Points

Story/Need
As a "non-credit" student, identified as such by a college or high school, I need a user-friendly process within CCCApply that is free from residency questions and other unnecessary questions, and exempts me from the CA residency determination status/process (per AB3101). I should only have to answer questions required by state or federal regulations for someone enrolling exclusively in non-credit courses at the time of application. If my college credit status should change, I need to re-apply using CCCApply Standard workflow and will have to answer all residency questions that were hidden/exempt during the non-credit process.

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• Has a unique, distinct URL (college-specific) - which can be used to quickly & easily identify/distinguish that the applicant completed the residency-exempt workflow after the application.
• Has a unique Confirmation number/App_Id - which can be used to quickly & easily identify that the application was completed from the Non-Credit path (number should start with "NC")
• Only displays a sub-set of existing Standard app pages & questions (detailed below) - there should be no change to the pages or questions themselves. The purpose of this requirement is to hide questions that are not required at the time of application.
• Exempt from Residency Determination process - this means that Non-Credit applications should bypass the residency algorithm and a default value should be added to the residency status field.
• Bypass the Submission Calculation Service
• Add new value to Residency Status field <res_status> = "0" zero = No status/Residency Exempt.
• Add and trigger a new integrity flag (81) to identify non-credit / residency exempt status
• Add and trigger a second new integrity flag (82) to alert Admissions about a transitioning student from non-credit back to Credit status, and a change to the Res Status Change field.Add logic to logic to only display specific, non-credit values in the Major Category menu so that the college can control the programs/majors that appear in the NC path. (This may be out of scope for the first iteration, but this is important to include in planning).

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Questions & Issues to be Explored by Non-Credit Pilot Colleges

What else is needed in this critical components are missing from this application?

Will Non-Credit programs be satisfied with the functionality in this version of the application?

How can we improve the Majors and Categories fields in this version of the application?

Is the Residency Status Change field needed?  Why?

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