It is generally acknowledged that all parties benefit from efforts to facilitate the process of student transfer from two- to four-year colleges, yet there are very few institutions with formalized transfer articulation agreements. The greatest deterrent to the development of such agreements is the considerable commitment of time and effort that is required to conduct the course-by-course analyses that serve as the foundation for the whole transfer articulation process. While determination of course content and overlap can be done individually on each participating campus, it is vital that personal face-to-face contact be made between representatives of each program. This contact facilitates the exchange of precise information, the adjudication of problems, and the development of a professional network among the participating faculty members. An example of the effectiveness of this process is provided by the State University College at Plattsburgh (SUCP), which decided to formalize its articulation agreements with all of the community colleges in New York State in the mid-1970's. An important aspect of these articulation efforts was the decision to place the articulation agreements in a format that could be easily understood, readily available, and quickly updated. The time and effort involved in initiating this system was great, but once completed very little effort has been required to maintain and update it. Appendices include samples of transfer articulation agreements between SUCP and a community college for particular programs. (EJV)
Authors
- Authorizing Institution
- State Univ. of New York, Plattsburgh. Center for Earth and Environmental Science.
- Peer Reviewed
- F
- Publication Type
- Reports - Descriptive
- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- ED 263 934 JC 850 577 1
- AUTHOR 1
- Fairweather Malcolm Smith Mary E. Earth and Environmental Science. Reports - Descriptive 141 1
- TITLE Nov 85 NOTE 1
- INSTITUTION PUB DATE PUB TYPE 1
- EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS 1
- MF01PC01 Plus Postage. Education Intercollegiate Cooperation Postsecondary Education State Universities 1
- Colleges 1
- ABSTRACT 1
- FACILITATING THE TRANSFER PROCESS 2
- THE NEED FOR 2
- BETTER ARTICULATION BETWEEN TWO AND 2
- Malcolm Fairweather Director 2
- Plattsburgh New York 12901 2
- November 1985 2
- FACILITATING THE TRANSFER PROCESS 3
- Introduction 3
- Everyone 3
- It is imperative 3
- High School Graduates 3
- Transfer Articulation 4
- The specialized requirements of one institution 4
- I and not of Technical 4
- Chemistry at College B. 4
- To do this work on a course by course 4
- Furthermore the time table of Specific course 4
- Simply reviewing 5
- While personal contact is important 5
- Sharing of information and working together. 5
- While it is not the purpose of this paper to debate 5
- -Ehe participating colleges can be used to help solve other 6
- The greater the 6
- While an Associate Vice President was appointed to 6
- Environmental Science. 7
- While most of the procedures outlined above were 7
- CEES several additional elements were introduced. 7
- Apple Ile computer although any micro-computer can handle 7
- The hard copy print-outs see Appendix I show 7
- In fact the 7
- Conclusion 8
- The time and effort involved in initiating-this 8
- APPENDIX 1 9
- ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE 12
- FOR JUNIOR 12
