By Natela Cutter
DLIFLC Public Affairs
DLIFLC Commandant Col. Phillip Deppert (center) signs an articulation agreement May 3 between the institute and the California University of Pennsylvania in his office at the Presidio of Monterey. Standing behind him are (L-R) Accreditation Assistant and Institutional Researcher Dr. Jack Franke, Associate Provost for Academic Support Detlev Kesten, and DLIFLC Provost Dr. Betty Lou Leaver. (Photo by Amber K. Whittington)
MONTEREY, Calif. –The commandant of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center signed an academic articulation agreement Tuesday with the California University of Pennsylvania that will enhance the transferability of units between DLIFLC’s Associate of Arts Degree Program in Modern Standard Arabic and CAL U’s Bachelor Degree in Arabic Language and Culture.
“This is the first time DLI has signed such an agreement with another accredited university for the transfer of 45 credits applied directly to a four-year Bachelor’s degree,” said DLIFLC Commandant Col. Phillip Deppert. “This is just the beginning. We expect to sign several more similar agreements with other universities in the near future.”
“The agreement between CALU and DLIFLC agrees to grant DLIFLC students 45 transfer credits. The agreement also recognizes and accepts ACE-recommended credits as appropriate toward degree completion,” said Dr. Jack Franke, DLIFLC Accreditation Assistant and Institutional Researcher.
As an accredited institution since 2002, DLIFLC has awarded more than 12,000 AA degrees in foreign language to students who have successfully passed their course and transferred 15 units in subjects such as math and English which are not a part of the DLIFLC program.
“In the past, it was quite possible that despite the fact that DLI is accredited, universities had the ability to pick and choose what they wanted to accept as transferable units. Now, our graduates will be able to directly transfer their work to another university and get all the units they earned here,” explained Franke.
“We are especially proud of this achievement because it puts us even closer to the Army University concept that is something that our higher headquarters is working hard on at the Combined Arms Center,” said Deppert.
