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Military Installation Voluntary Education Review

Military Installation Voluntary Education Review (MIVER) is a project sponsored by the Department of Defense and the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps to assess the quality of voluntary education programs at selected military installations and to assist in the improvement of voluntary education programs through appropriate recommendations to institutions, installations, and the military services.

MIVER reviews are based on policies and procedures established by the MIVER Governing Board. These policies and procedures address both the military installations and the colleges and universities offering degree programs on the installations. The MIVER Principles of Good Practice for Voluntary Education Programs on Military Installations outline the criteria MIVER reviewers use to evaluate installations and the MIVER Principles of Good Practice for Institutions Providing Education Programs on Military Installations explain what MIVER reviewers are looking for in the institutions that offer programs on military installations.

To help military voluntary education personnel, institutional representatives and MIVER team members understand how the MIVER program works, the MIVER program has published a handbook, titled Orientation and Guidelines. MIVER also conducts special training workshops for installation education services officers, institutional representatives and new team members.

MIVER reviews are conducted by teams of professional educators. Team members review self-studies prepared by the installations and institutions before the actual visit. During the visit, team members attend classes, examine facilities and interview military command representatives, institutional administrators, faculty members, counselors and students. The team works together to develop recommendations for the installation and institutions. After the visit, team members write summaries of their findings for a final report, which is sent to all participants in the MIVER review. MIVER reviews are for the purpose of quality assessment and enhancement only; they neither replace nor supplant institutional accreditation.

Since it began in 1991, the MIVER project has conducted 185 reviews of voluntary education programs on military installations.

Please direct questions about this page to:
miver@ace.nche.edu
This page last updated on 05/09/2008