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The schools will start gathering data on studentzs in January and make results available startiny inJanuary 2009. The institutionzs all serve student bodies made up mainlgy of working adults who are seeking promotions orswitching careers. "Adult learners have different expectationw oftheir education," said Christopher Washington, Franklin's chief academicd officer. "They really want to know: Is this going to provide me opportunities to advancs in mycareer ... or be more effectivre in my job?
" The participants are stilol working out what will be collectedand how, but the information is likely to included demographics, the percentage of studentas receiving financial aid, how many credirt hours are needed to graduate and cost per credigt hour. The data also will include some measur of how well students feel engaged in theirr education and how the courses improvestheir skills, and may someday include how a degree from the institutionb advanced students' careers. Franklin has its own measurementzs for thosesubjective judgments, but the key will be agreeingh on a standard way for all 10 schools to measure and compare results, Washingto n said.
"The data serves to enable us to identifyg waysto improve," he said. The other participatiny schoolsare , , , , , , , and .