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20. DE Resident Equivalency Credit. Civilians who have attended, are currently attending, or
who have been selected to attend one of the programs listed at Table 7 may request resident DE
credit. DE requests for equivalency credit will be made via the CDP during the annual
nomination call from AFPC. Senior Raters must nominate the civilian for equivalency credit.
DTs will evaluate the quality of the requesting member to determine if members‘ records are of
commensurate quality with those being forwarded for DE attendance to the DEDB. If requesting
members meet the DT quality review, they then must be approved by the DEDB. To receive
resident DE credit, civilians must also complete the appropriate level of AF PME DL/seminar.
Out of cycle requests for DE credit follow the same procedure described in paragraph 10.1.1 of
this Insturction.
20.1. Civilians who have completed AF Advanced Academic Degrees, are attending, or who
have been selected to attend an AAD program may request resident DE credit while eligible
to attend IDE or SDE, respectively.
20.2. Civilians may also participate in other Service, Joint, DoD, and non-DoD (international
and civilian) PME-equivalent programs. For details on what constitutes joint programs, see
CJCSI 1800.01.
Table 7. Civilian Programs Eligible for IDE or SDE Equivalency Credit.
IDE SDE
AFIT PhD Program AFIT PhD Program
AFIT Master‘s Degree Program AFIT - Civilian Institution (CI) (PhD only)
AFIT – Civilian Institution (CI) Excellence in Government Fellows Program (EIG)
Executive Leadership Development Program
(ELDP)
E-Government Fellows (E-GOV)
White House Fellow White House Fellow
Fletcher School Global Master of Arts Program
(GMAP)
NOTE:
1. Civilians have 24 months from completion of the equivalency programs listed in Table 7 to
complete the appropriate DL course (ACSC DL or AWC DL) in order to be granted equivalency
credit.
21. International Applicants. Reference paragraph 11 for civilian rules of engagement.
22. AF Fellow Program. Unlike other CDE programs, civilians completing the Legislative
Fellowship program must complete ACSC by correspondence if not already complete and are
not eligible for the AU Online Master‘s Degree just because of acceptance to this program.
Reference paragraph 13 for additional rules of engagement. Civilian Legislative Fellow program
length varies but is typically a 2-year program where the first year is spent with the assigned
Congressional Representative or Senator and the second year is in the legislative office.
22.1. Civilian functional points of contact will work with participants, to identify follow-on
assignments in the Secretariat or Air Staff. It is the responsibility of respective functional