MSVCC Policies and Procedures Manual

Accounting for virtual students in the traditional headcount formula is as follows:

4/5 Headcount Formula

During the fall semester, any combination of traditional and on-line semester credit hours

(SCH) that equal 12 or more will make a student full time (based on current

campus/center status), as long as, all hours are hosted by the same college. This full-time

combination of all hours taken will be counted only once, regardless of the number of or

the type of hours above 12 SCH’s that are taken by a student. All Mississippi Virtual

Community College hours used in this combination will be counted only once, as long as

all hours are hosted and provided by the same college.

All other Mississippi Virtual Community College hours generated during the summer, fall

and spring semesters will be totaled and divided by 24 to determine the number of FTE

students. Colleges will be compensated for each FTE student provided for during the

summer, fall, and spring semesters at a weight of 0.55.

All students will register through their district’s host college. All hours generated during the summer, fall, and spring semesters that did not make a student full-time will be divided by 24 to determine the number of FTE students for all participating colleges that serve as host only. The weight shall be set at 0.55.

1/5 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Formula

All MSCC hours provided during the summer, fall and spring semesters will be divided by

24 to determine the number of FTE. These hours are not broken out in a separate section

of the appropriation, but are included in the academic, technical and vocational

categories. Academic, technical and vocational categories are weighted at 1.0.

All colleges participating in the MSVCC will agree to basic MSVCC Operational

Guidelines and sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the MCCB that outlines

the primary responsibilities of MCCB and the participating colleges.

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