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Implementing Transfer Associate Degrees : New Directions for Community Colleges.
In recent years, a convergence of several forces-increased legislative involvement in higher education, governmental and philanthropic pressure to increase postsecondary degree and certificate production, and fiscal belt-tightening at colleges and universities across America-has resulted in efforts...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Wiley,
2013.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Colección: | J-B CC Single Issue Community Colleges.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Editors' Notes; 1: Elements of Effective Transfer Associate Degrees; Elements of Effective Transfer Associate Degrees; A Common General Education Pattern.; Common Lower-Division Premajor and Early-Major Pathways.; A Focus on Credit Applicability.; Junior Status upon Transfer.; Guaranteed and/or Priority University Admission.; Associate and/or Bachelor's Degree Credit Limits.; Acceptance Policy for Upper-Division Courses.; 2: Transfer Associate Degrees in Historical Context; 3: The Successful Transfer Structure in Washington State.
- The Major Players in Washington's Transfer StructureThe Joint Transfer Council.; The Intercollege Relations Commission.; Higher Education Sector Groups.; 40 Years of Direct Transfer in Washington State; Crucial Event 1: Growing Numbers of Transfer Students, Can We Get Together?; Crucial Event 2: The Legislature Threatens-Can We Do It on Our Own?; Crucial Event 3: Will Transfer Students Have a Place to Transfer To?; Crucial Event 4: How Do We Best Prepare STEM Transfer Students?; Crucial Event 5: How Can We Maintain Current Agreements?
- Crucial Event 6: How Can We Improve Transfer in High-Demand Majors?More Recent Policies to Improve Transfer in Washington; Technical Colleges Granted Authority to Offer Transfer Degrees (2009).; Student Rights and Responsibilities (2009).; Associate of Science-Transfer (AS-T) Degree Guidelines (2010).; Transfer Liaison (2011).; Legislation to Codify Transfer Degrees (2011).; Secrets to Washington's Successful Transfer Model; Future Possibilities; Lessons Learned; 4: Widening and Wandering the Short Road to Success: The Louisiana Transfer Degree Guarantee.
- Helpful Haste and Inventive ItinerancyThe Prestige Paradox: Envious Institutions Moving Students Up the Quality Ladder; General Education: A Common Transfer Currency of Unmeasured Value; Outcome of the Debates: The Transfer Guarantee; The Audience for Articulation; Coda: Dangerous Success Is Nevertheless Success; 5: Faculty-Determined Course Equivalency: The Key to Ohio's Transfer Mobility System; Evolution of the Ohio Transfer System; Establishing Course Equivalency; Defining.; Agreeing.; Matching.; Reviewing.; A Statewide Structure of Collaboration.
- Hallmarks of Ohio's Articulation and Transfer SystemOhio Benefits from Strong Legislative Support.; Ohio's Transfer Initiatives Are Student Centered and Faculty Driven.; It Is All About Relationships Built on Trust.; Technology Plays a Key Role.; Ohio's System Is Flexible and Adaptable.; 6: Faculty Reflections on Implementing Associate Degrees for Transfer in California; The Call for Associate Degrees for Transfer in California; Setting the Stage for Success; What Could Have Happened in Response to SB 1440 (and What Did).