In 1986, the Instructional Telecommunications Consortium was funded to collect data over a 3-year period on the utilization of telecourses as a way to offer college credit instruction to off-campus learners. First-year findings, based on course data submitted by 172 institutions, included the following: (1) 183 different telecourses were offered;…

In this study an effort was made to stablize definitions of transfer rates and to publicize feasible ways of collecting usable data by conducting a Transfer Assembly. After an advisory panel established a preliminary equation for calculating transfer rates, 235 community colleges with high Hispanic, Black, and American Indian enrollments were…

Drawing from the experiences of Butte Community College (BCC), this report offers guidance on developing agreements regarding college and high school course equivalents and on managing a course equivalence agreement program. Part 1 begins by explaining that the program goal of encouraging high school students to go to college is achieved by…

Following a review of the mathematics topics taught in accounting, electronics, auto, food and clothing, and metals courses at Linn-Benton Community College, Albany, Oregon, recommendations were made to grant one semester of mathematics credit for completing a two-year sequence of these courses. The other required semester of mathematics should be…

Over the past 20 years, the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) has undergone a substantial shift in the number of credit hours for which its students enroll. In 1969, the percentage of students who enrolled for three credit hours or less was 20%, and they generated 6% of the full-time student equivalent (FTSE) enrollment. At that…

Results of the seventh annual national comparative data study on public two-year college financial characteristics are summarized, including statistics on expenditures and revenues, staffing, and credit enrollments. (MSE)

This transfer guide provides supplemental counseling for community college students from throughout Washington who intend to transfer to Washington State University (WSU) in pursuit of a baccalaureate degree. The information it contains is designed to help students to identify the most appropriate courses for them to take prior to transferring to…

Articulation programs and agreements between institutions have become more frequent and problem-free as both sender and receiver recognize that a smooth transition benefits both interests. Eight banks of cross walk data were created in a computer system in Michigan schools. (MLW)

Recommendations for the appropriations to each public college and university in Alabama are presented by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE) in its 1991-92 unified budget report. The budget recommendations are provided in six sections: (1) executive summary of the 1991-92 unified budget recommendations; (2) higher education unified…

In response to state guidelines which require senior institutions to provide two-year colleges with information on transfer students' academic performance, this report describes the procedures developed by James Madison University (JMU), in Virginia, to share information with the two-year colleges and presents results of a study of the academic…

The California Articulation Number (CAN) Project was initiated in 1985 by the three public segments of higher education in California: the University of California (UC), the California State Universities (CSU), and the California Community Colleges (CCC). The CAN System provides a cross reference number for lower-division, transferable,…

Because the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) sets accreditation standards specifying that undergraduate business programs should concentrate their professional courses in the last 2 years of a 4-year program, and should offer only a limited amount of work below the junior year, community college transfer students…

This curriculum guide was prepared to help Connecticut high schools offer an opportunity to disadvantaged high school students who are interested in home economics education to earn some college credit toward a degree in dietetic technology. The curriculum guide includes an overview of the course with a course description, recommended textbooks,…

In 1990-91, the Rockville Campus (RC) of Montgomery College (MC) in Maryland, revised its English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program to make it more responsive to student needs and begin offering ESL courses for institutional credit in fall 1991. Faculty at MC's Takoma Park Campus (TPC), however, objected to RC's proposed changes, particularly to…

An evaluative study was done of a joint project, the Capstone Program, involving Keyano College (KC) and Athabasca University (AU), both in Alberta, Canada. The project enables students in the Fort McMurray (Alberta) area to complete a full-time university degree without leaving their home community. The research design focused on accessibility,…