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Michigan Community

College

Association

- Michigan

Colleges

Online

CONSORTIUM

AGREEMENT

For

Intercollegiate Partnerships to Deliver

Radiologic

and

Imaging

Science

Education

in

Michigan

The Michigan Community College Association - Michigan Colleges Online

(MCCA-MCO)

(herein after

referred

to

as

the

"Association,"

or

"MCCA-MCO"),

AND

the

Michigan Radiologic and Imaging Science

(MiRIS) Consortium (herein

after

collectively referred

to

as

the

"Consortium Members", "MiRIS

Consortium", "Consortium"

or

"Members" and individually

as

"Consortium Member"

or

"Member")

agree

to

the

following:

MICHIGAN COMMUNITY

COLLEGE

ASSOCIATION

- MICHIGAN

COLLEGE

ONLINE

The

Michigan Community College Association - Michigan Colleges Online,

agrees

to

act

as

a service

provider

to

the

MiRIS

Consortium

to

maintain the infrastructure necessary

for

member colleges

to

offer online and hybrid courses and programs

to

students throughout Michigan

..

These

services include

but are

not

limited to a common online educational platform

for

course delivery, preliminary instructor

and

student training

for

online teaching and learning, and a common template

for

course design and

syllabus design.

The

MCCA-MCO

will

identify a common

tuition

structure and serve

as

the

fiscal agent

for

the

MiRIS

Consortium.

CONSORTIUM

MEMBERS

Consortium Members are

two

and four year institutions

of

higher education who agree

to

share

resources and commit

to

cooperate fully

and

equally in offering educational opportunities

for

their

respective students seeking

to

earn degrees, certificates,

or

continuing education in Radiologic and

Imaging

Sciences.

New member institutions may join

the

MiRIS

Consortium

as

fully participating

Members upon majority vote

of

the

Consortium Governance Council.

CONDITIONS

OF

CONSORTIUM

MEMBERSHIP

For

the

duration

of

MiRIS

Consortium participation, individual Members agree

to

maintain institutional

accreditation and membership

of

the

MCCA-MCO

and agree

to

abide by the terms and conditions

of

the

MCCA-MCO

Memorandum

of

Understanding (July 24, 2015).

MiRIS

Consortium membership

is

confirmed by member institution presidential signature

of

this agreement.

MISSION

This

MiRIS

Consortium

has

been created

to

provide didactic hybrid distance education, laboratory

simulation, and clinical educational experiences in advanced medical imaging modalities

with

opportunities for students

to

earn continuing education credits, a certificate

of

completion, associate

degree,

or

baccalaureate degree, in the program

of

study acceptable

to

each

student's credentialing

body. All Members commit

to

cooperate fully with

the

terms and conditions

of

this Agreement

to

operate a single state collaborative

for

this Mission.

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.

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CONSORTIUM

LEADERSHIP

The

Consortium

Governance

Council

is

comprised

of

an

administrative representative from each

member organization (e.g.; dean, vice president), and the Executive Director

of

the MCCA-MCO. The

Consortium Governance Council

is

responsible

for

leadership and general oversight

of

the Consortium

structure, function, and business model. The Council

is

charged with strategic and financial decisions

to

support

the

collective best interest

of

the Consortium.

Each

member institution

is

allowed one vote

with

decisions determined

by

majority

of

those present at a meeting.

The

Executive Director

of

the

MCCA-MCO

is

not

a voting member

of

the Council

but

provides critical information

for

the

Council

to

make informed decisions. The Executive Director

of

the

MCCA-MCO represents

the

MCCA-MCO

as

a

key stakeholder

in

the MiRIS Consortium.

PROGRAM

LEADERSHIP

A program leadership committee will be established

for

each

program

of

study offered by

the

Consortium. A

Program

Leadership

Committee

will

be comprised

of

the

Program Director

and/or

the

Educational Coordinator responsible for program content, one faculty

or

administrative designee from

each member organization,

the

Executive Director

of

the

MCCA-MCO

or designee, and other

individuals relevant

to

the

educational outcomes

of

the

respective program. The Program Leadership

Committee

is

responsible

for

establishing and executing policies, processes and procedures

to

effectively support

the

collective operation

of

the

program and ensure successful student outcomes.

The Program Leadership Committee reports

to

the

Consortium Governance Council.

INSTRUCTION

Member

institutions assume full responsibility

for

all instructional aspects

of

Consortium courses and

programs

to

include curriculum, faculty, accreditation, assessment, and program effectiveness.

Members

commit

to

the

MCCA-MCO Guidelines

for

Online Programs

of

Study

as

identified in

the

MCCA-MCO Memorandum

of

Understanding.

Curriculum:

A common curriculum

for

each program offering will be collaboratively developed

and maintained by qualified faculty

of

individual member institutions.

Payment

to

faculty

for

new and revised curriculum development will be shared equally by

Consortium Members, thereby becoming

the

intellectual property

of

the Consortium. Upon

the

termination

of

this Agreement

or

the

withdrawal

of

any individual Member in accordance

with

the

Duration and Termination provisions

of

this Agreement, no Member shall have

the

right

or

authority

to

utilize courses

or

course materials

of

the

Consortium

or

contributed by

the

other

Members

or

their

participating faculty

without

the

written

consent

of

the intellectual property

owner.

A

Member

who has contributed curriculum

to

the

Consortium programs

without

reimbursement

or

shared cost

is

the intellectual property

owner

of

the contributed curriculum.

If

such a Member chooses

to

withdraw

from

the

Consortium,

that

Member

grants the

Consortium

use

of

that

Member's intellectual property

that

the

Consortium recognizes

as

owned by

that

Member

at

no cost

to

the

Consortium until

the

scheduled course(s) have been

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completed

or

for

one year after the effective date

of

the withdrawal, whichever period

of

time

is

longer.

Faculty: Consortium member institutions will hire and evaluate faculty according

to

accreditation standards. Faculty responsibilities and rate

of

pay will

be

determined according

to

the

policies and procedures

of

the

member institution employing

the

faculty.

Accreditation:

The

pursuit

and

maintenance

of

programmatic accreditation is

the

responsibility

of

the Consortium and,

as

such, all programs presented

to

accrediting bodies shall

be

presented

as

consortium programs.

Grading: A common grading scheme and standard will

be

established by the Program

Leadership Committee

for

student assessment in

MiRIS

Consortium programs.

Program Effectiveness: Common standards will be established

and

measured

to

ensure

program effectiveness. Standards may include but are

not

limited

to

course

success,

program

completion, industry-recognized credential, and

job

placement.

STUDENTS

Member institutions assume full responsibility

for

admitting and supporting their students through

Consortium courses and programs

to

completion. Members shall provide

the

Student Support Services

set forth in

the

MCO

Memorandum

of

Understanding.

Admission: Individual member institutions granting

the

terminal award

of

certificate

of

completion, associate degree,

or

baccalaureate degree

is

referred

to

as

the "degree granting

institution."

Students who have met a common admission criteria established by

the

Program

Leadership Committee

to

encourage

an

equal level

of

student readiness will

be

admitted

to

consortium programs by

their

degree-granting institution.

Registration: All students admitted

to

a Consortium program will register

for

Consortium

courses through

the

MCCA

-

MCO

website processes.

Student Conduct: Students will be governed by the student code

of

conduct and due process

procedures

of

their

degree-granting institution.

Terminal Award: Upon successful completion

of

Consortium programs, students will

be

awarded appropriate continuing education credits, a certificate

of

completion, associate

degree,

or

baccalaureate degree by

their

degree-granting institution.

BUSINESS

MODEL

Revenue and Expense: Revenue and expenses related

to

Consortium programs are considered

holistically and are shared equally among members.

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Fiscal

Agent: The

MCCA-MCO

will

assume the role

of

Consortium Fiscal Agent. The roles and

responsibilities

will

be

to

manage

the

accounting

of

revenue and expenses,

to

provide Members

with

projected budgets and annual accounting statements,

to

distribute

excess

revenue

to

Members

or

to

invoice Members

for

net expenses incurred by

the

Consortium

as

approved by

the

Consortium Governance Council. The

Fiscal

Agent shall be entitled

to

an

administrative fee

as

a percentage

of

salaries paid

for

Consortium work and shall be unrelated

to

the

MCCA-MCO

administrative fee .

Maximizing Enrollment:

Each

course

or

program offered through

the

Consortium will have a

pre-determined enrollment cap and

that

each

member will be allotted

an

equal number

of

student positions in the course

or

program. Should a

member

be unable

to

maximize its share

of

student enrollment, other members may refer qualified students

to

the

member institution

lacking enrollment

to

ensure course

or

program capacity.

Registration

Process:

Students admitted

to

Consortium courses

or

programs will register

through

the

MCCA-MCO

online registration process.

Revenue:

All students enrolled in a Consortium course

or

program will pay Consortium

tuition

to

the

course provider college according

to

the common

tuition

structure identified in

the

MCO

Memorandum

of

Understanding. This

tuition

is

Consortium revenue and will be reconciled

during

the

accounting process by the fiscal agent.

To

ensure a financially viable business model

for

which all member institutions are equally

responsible,

each

individual member will assume financial responsibility for vacancies

of

their

allotted course(s) positions.

All revenue generated through Consortium courses

or

programs

will

be distributed only

to

member institutions.

No

tuition

generated through

the

Consortium will be shared

to

non-

member colleges.

A high cost program fee

or

differential tuition may be approved by

the

Consortium Governance

Council and levied upon all

member

institutions

to

ensure financial viability

of

the course

or

program.

Expenses:

Expenses

for

conducting Consortium courses and programs will be invoiced and

charged

to

the

Consortium.

COURSES

AND

PROGRAMS

Requirements

of

each Consortium course or program are detailed in individual addendums attached

to

this agreement. Courses and programs are determined through a needs analysis process with a project

proposal presented

to

the Consortium Governance Council

for

approval.

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LIABILITY

Members agree that statutory and common law theor

ies

and principles

of

liability, indemnification,

contribution, and equitable restitution shall govern all claims, costs, actions,

causes

of

action, losses

or

expenses (including attorney fees) resulting from

or

caused

by

the

actions

or

omission

of

the parties

hereto

. Furthermore,

if

any Member becomes aware

of

a claim involving another Member,

the

party

with

knowledge

of

the claim shall inform the other part in writing

within

ten (10)

days

of

receiving

knowledge

of

the claim, demand,

or

other

loss

.

OTHER

TERMS

AND

CONDITIONS

Members shall have no authority

to

bind

or

act

as

agents

for

each

other

or

their employees. Nothing in

this Agreement, express

or

implied, shall confer any rights, remedies, claims, or interests upon a

person

or

entity

not

a party

to

this Agreement.

Members shall abide by all Federal and state laws pertaining

to

equal employment opportunity and no

person shall, on the grounds

of

race, color, national origin,

sex

, sexual preference,

age,

or

handicap,

be

excluded from employment

with

or

participation in, be denied the benefits of,

or

be otherwise

subjected

to

discrimination under any program

or

activity performed under this Agreement.

Members agree

to

abide by privacy rules set forth in applicable state and federal law.

Each

provision

of

this Agreement shall

be

a separate and distinct covenant and,

if

declared illegal,

unenforceable or

in

conflict with any governing law, shall not affect

the

validity

of

the remaining

portion

of

this Agreement

This Agreement constitutes

the

entire agreement and understanding

of

the

parties with respect

to

its

subject matter.

No

prior

or

contemporaneous agreement

or

understanding will

be

effective.

This

Agreement shall

be

governed by

the

laws

of

the State

of

Michigan.

The individuals signing below on behalf

of

Members represent and warrant that they are duly

authorized

to

execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf

of

Members and that this Agreement

is

binding upon Members in accordance with its terms.

Mutual

indemnification and insurance requirements shall be provided

for

each faculty by

the

employing school at

the

usual levels

for

faculty at

that

school.

The

Consortium operates curriculum

through

each

school and does

not

assume any liability

for

actions

of

faculty employed by Member

schools.

DURATION

AND

TERMINATION

OF

AGREEMENT

This Agreement shall commence July

1,

2016

with

automatic renewal for successive one year periods.

This Agreement may

be

terminated

at

any time by mutual agreement

of

the

Members. Further, any

individual Member may terminate its participation in the

MiRIS

Consortium pursuant

to

this

Agreement upon sixty {60) days advance written notice

to

all other Members. A Member choosing

to

terminate

its participation must complete any and all

of

its courses currently in progress before the

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termination

is

effective. Notwithstanding the above,

MiRIS

Consortium shall not terminate the

certificate

or

degree program until all enrolled students have a reasonable opportunity

to

complete

required program coursework and applicable internships for graduation.

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