Statewide General Education Transfer Policy and

Implementation Guidelines

Informational Presentation to the Faculty Senate on March 21, 2011

byMike Mullen, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education

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Statewide Policy forGen Ed Transfer

2004 Gen Ed (GEED) Framework &Gen Ed Transfer Agreement (GETA)

vs.

Proposed 2012 Policy and Guidelines

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KCTCS Transfer Trends

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Authors of Proposed Statewide Transfer Policy

• Statewide Transfer Committee (registrars and transfer/admissions staff)

• Statewide Gen Ed Coordinators (faculty)

• CPE workgroups of Gen Ed area faculty for each category in new framework

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Proposed Statewide Transfer Policy• Emphasize common Gen Ed requirements

• Encourage completion of AA/AS before transfer

• Promote acceptability of approved credits

• Enhance cooperation across institutions to improve quality of transfer advising

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Basic Assumptions• Applies to students in KY public institutions

• Acquisition of competencies in broad areas

• Student learning outcomes by area assessed for transferability

• Statewide Gen Ed transfer agreement might not fit all majors’ requirements

• AA/AS transfer degree = junior level standing

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Statewide Gen Ed Categories

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Gen EdCategory

Credit HourRange

TranscriptCode

Communications: * Written * Oral

6 - 9 WCOC

Arts and Humanities 3 - 6 AH

Quantitative Reasoning 3 - 6 QR

Natural Sciences 3 - 7 NS

Social & Behavioral Sciences 6 - 9 SB

Certifying Transfer of Gen Ed

1. Category Certifiedin good academic standing; completed some but not all of the 5 categories

2. Core Certifiedgood standing; completed all categories but sum of hours does not = receiving institution

3. Fully Certifiedgood standing; all categories and total hours

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Implementation Guidelines• Improve preparation of students to transfer

advising, publicity, identification of Gen Ed categories on transcripts

• Accept transfer codes from sending schooluse codes to assess partial completion, appeals might have a 2nd state-level review

• Assess comparability of learning outcomesarea faculty across institutions meet regularly

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Resources for More Info on Transfer• CPE website (students): KnowHow2GoKy.org

• CPE policy & HB160: cpe.ky.gov/policies/

academicinit/transfer

• U.Select (CollegeSource Transfer Equivalency System) decisions/appeals: www.transfer.org • KCTCS website (students): www.kctcs.edu/

Students/Transfer.aspx

• UK sites (students): www.uky.edu/Admission/policy.htm

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