Implementing Transfer Associate Degrees: Perspectives from the States

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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 to significantly reform community college-to-university transfer and articulation processes.One increasingly popular method of reform is the implementation of transfer associate degrees: statewide pa…

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Full title :Implementing Transfer Associate Degrees : Perspectives from the States.

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Publication Date:March 2013
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, Jossey-Bass [Imprint]
Place of Publication:Hoboken
Language:eng
Publication Date:March 2013

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Description:1 online resource (120 pages).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1118620356, 9781118620359
oclc:on1066513903
LC Classification:LB2381
Dewey Decimal:378.052

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 Pol…