Policy memo that provides a brief description of the Associate of Arts/Oregon Transfer degree (AA/OT) program and proposes policy options intended to address current program limitations. Under the direction of Oregon Legislative Assembly, officials from the community college and university sectors developed and implemented a set of general…

This article focuses on the transfer of students from California community colleges to four-year colleges and universities. Following a brief introduction to laws and procedures specified upon the inception of community colleges in California in 1910, and a recognition of the difficulty in student transfer throughout the history of higher…

The Community College General Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM) is the official list of approved numbers for general academic transfer courses that may be offered by public community and technical colleges in Texas for state funding. This edition of the ACGM, effective September 1996, contains the latest information available for academic…

These three newsletters for 1998 highlight the following topics and issues. The March newsletter features an article on streamlining the transfer ready model, which includes an equation to find the transfer directed rate and the transfer ready rate. The new transfer ready model is divided into three categories, the beginning cohort, the transfer…

This handbook was written in order to assist Articulation Officers and others involved in the articulation process in California institutions of higher education. It is intended to be a guideline and comprehensive resource of articulation policies and practices. In California there are four postsecondary educational segments comprised of: (1) Ten…

This paper compares and contrasts the higher education articulation and transfer policies and processes between the states of Florida and Maryland. The author examines how the state governance structures impact articulation and transfer. Both states have instituted statewide policies meant to implement high levels of transfer between two-year and…

This document addresses questions raised by recent reports on student transfer and degree completion rates at Indiana's public colleges and universities. It focuses on issues of intercampus transfer among Indiana public colleges and universities and includes some extended sections from the degree completion analysis. It provides policy…

This study examines the transferability of non-liberal arts courses within public postsecondary education in the state of California. The research examines the percentages of courses in the non-liberal arts categories that transfer from the community colleges to the state's public four-year institutions. This study also compares results with a…

Policymakers and educators seek options for helping high school students transition successfully into postsecondary education. Though there are a variety of approaches to doing this; some initiatives are based on a body of research demonstrating that postsecondary success is predicated on both rigorous academic preparation and a clear…

Report is an attempt to present several conclusions of the authors and their colleagues in studying the problems of transfer students and to identify five major unresolved issues which would serve as the basis for a conference discussion. (Author/RK)

A survey of one institution's nonfaculty employees suggests that although salary is a primary motivation for job changes, other extrinsic and intrinsic motivators are also important. Periodic institutional analysis of transfer and promotion requests is recommended. (MSE)

Postsecondary education needs to encourage open recognition of reverse (four-year college to two-year college) and lateral (two-year to two-year college) transfers not recognized in traditional articulation efforts, and develop constructive programs for them. (MSE)

Administrators should be open to student input on problems concerning transfer policies, facilities and course work. Responses were generally favorable towards counseling and respect for intellectual stimulation. Time management was a problem for many students. (JAC)

Discusses the need to bring consistency and quality to the way U.S. higher education institutions, and the system in general, relate to the rest of the world. Considers problems faced by institutions establishing educational programs abroad. Presents one proposed set of standards for U.S. institutions offering credit-bearing programs abroad. (MSE)

Using a macrosociological theory of education, this article explores the opportunities to transfer from community college to baccalaureate granting schools in the 48 contiguous states. The structure of community colleges is not uniform across the states, and only a few have coordinated community college programs carefully to facilitate transfer.…