Illinois CAS Project Update Newsletter

              Contents
Technical Coordinator....................................................................................................1
Illinois CAS seeks applicants for the new Technical Coordinator position.
Project Funding................................................................................................................2
The Project recently received FY07 funding of approximately $400,000.
Illinois CAS Project Team................................................................................................2
The team has added a new staff member—Audra Akins, Assistant Coordina-tor—
and two student advisory members.
Course Bank Updates .....................................................................................................3
Thanks to all who have submitted updated files, most colleges. Course banks
are now turned off for the few schools that have not submitted updates.
CAS Training Sessions .....................................................................................................3
Contact Illinois CAS if you would like training for your staff.
Q&A .................................................................................................................................3
Is CAS down? I can’t bring it up on my computer.
From the Literature ..........................................................................................................4
Students who transfer from a two- to a four-year institution with all credits ac-cepted
are far more likely to have completed their baccalaureate at six
years than are those for whom only some credits are accepted.
CAS 4.0 Release ..............................................................................................................5
Miami will announce a revised timeline mid-October.
Come See Us ...................................................................................................................5
The team will be presenting at three upcoming conferences.
Illinois CAS Project Update
Newsletter October 10, 2006 Volume 2, Issue 2
Technical Coordinator
The Illinois CAS Project announces the
search for a technical expert to assist insti-tutions
across Illinois in statewide CAS im-plementation
and participation. The Illi-nois
CAS Project Technical Coordinator
position will be a full-time University of Illi-nois
Academic Professional appointment
housed at Parkland College. S/he will pro-vide
technical and functional support to
the institutions implementing CAS as a
part of the statewide Project.
The official job posting is available at
www.ibhe.org/CAS/techcoordsearch or
from any one of the Project team. If you
know of any potential appli-cants
who might be qualified
and interested, please direct
them to the posting. We will
begin reviewing applicants
on October 20, 2006.
As soon as this position is
filled, we will introduce the
Technical Coordinator to the
state CAS community.
Please let us know if there is
anything you would like the
Technical Coordinator’s help with.
www.ibhe.org/CAS/
Project Coordinator
Daniel P. Cullen
dcullen@uillinois.edu
217.244.0931
807 S. Wright St., M-C 307
Champaign, IL 61820
Technical Coordinator
Open
Assistant Coordinator
Audra M. Akins
aakins@niu.edu
773.928.4008
Williston Hall 320
DeKalb, IL 60115-2871
Directors
Micheal D. Henry
Parkland College
Sheri C. Kallembach
Northern Illinois University
Marilyn M. M. Marshall
University of Illinois
Board Representatives
Christy England-Siegerdt
Illinois Board of Higher
Education
Carol Lanning
Illinois Community College
Board
Student Representatives
Danielle Gaines
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Paige Rohweder
Carl Sandburg College