Articulation Agreements: Coming or Going

May 29, 2015

Presented by Desiree Polk-Bland and Sarah Lathrop from Columbus State Community College

Whether you are coming to or going from Columbus State, articulation agreements can provide a clear path to help students achieve their goals. In this session, we will look agreements that support high school students and their transition into the college. We will also look at agreements that support students and their transition to a bachelor degree. You will have the opportunity to ask questions, as well as receive materials and documents that will provide good examples for your institutions.

Articulation Agreements

May 29, 2015

Presented by Desiree Polk-Bland and Sarah Lathrop from Columbus State Community College

Documents, samples and links will be available on the Ohio Transfer Council Website

Explore ‘Incoming’ Articulation

Explore ‘Outgoing’ Articulation

Discuss lessons learned based on our experiences

Answer questions you might have

Lastly, provide you with some tangible items you can take away and use at your institutions

Goals of this Presentation

Columbus State Community CollegeEnrollment: 24,664

Average Class Size: 19 students

Degrees offered:

Associate of Arts (AA)

Associate of Science (AS)

Associate of Applied Science (AAS)

Associate of Technical Studies (ATS)

Coming to the college

Career-Technical Articulation

College Credit Plus (CC+)

Credit by Examination

– Advanced Placement Exams (AP)– International Baccalaureate Exams (IB)– College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)– DSST (formerly DANTES Subject Standardized Tests) 

Military Credit

Prior Learning Assessment

College Transfer Credit

Ways to Earn College Credit Prior to “Attending” College

The Career-Technical model is a seamless pathway for a student to gain technical skills and competence in high school and then allows for the student to articulate their high school work to college credit.

Columbus State recognizes the work of the schools and their graduates by offering articulation agreements for their program graduates that come to Columbus State to pursue their education.

Sample Bilateral Articulation Agreements are included in your packet.

Coming to the CollegeCareer-Technical Articulation

Coming to the College Columbus State Community College (CSCC) is proud

to partner with over 50 high schools in the Central Ohio area to create pathways from high school to college that encourage qualified young people to earn dual credit (high school and college credit) while they are still in high school.

As of the 2015-2016 academic year, the Ohio Board of Regents requires that districts and colleges work together to offer college course work that will result in transcripted college and high school credit. What you may have known before as "dual enrollment", "post-secondary enrollment", or "concurrent enrollment" is all part of the College Credit Plus (CC+) legislation.

College Credit Plus (CC+)

Coming to the College

CLEP•credit-by-exam program developed by the College Board that allow testing candidates to earn credit for college courses by taking and passing comprehensive subject exams

DSST•credit-by-exam originated by the United States Department of Defense's Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) program that allow testing candidates to earn credit for college courses by taking and passing comprehensive subject exams

AP•credit-by-exam program for high school students developed by the College Board that allow testing candidates to earn credit for college courses by taking and passing comprehensive subject exams

IB•The International Baccalaureate is an international program of courses and examinations offered at the high school level.

Credit by Examination

U.S. Armed Forces or National Guard, training, experience and/or coursework may translate to college credit. All training, experience, and coursework must first be recognized by the American Council on Education (ACE) or a regional accrediting body, such as the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), in order to be eligible to earn college credit.

To receive college credit for military service, students must request that a Joint Service Transcript be sent to Columbus State. College transcript evaluators generally award generic college credit for military service.

– Students can however contact the academic department to apply for credit toward specific courses. For example, you could be awarded general credit in Computer Information Technology, but contact the Computer Information Technology department to get credit for CIT 215.

Military Transfer Assurance Guides (MTAGs) provide a statewide guarantee that certain types of military training, experience, and/or coursework align to existing college and university courses and will be awarded appropriate credit. The Ohio Board of Regents (OBR) will update state approved MTAGs.

Coming to the CollegeMilitary Credit

Coming to the College Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) is evaluation of

learning acquired outside of the college. It is available to students whose documented life experiences provide evidence of knowledge equivalent to that required in a given course.

Students typically need to prepare a portfolio documenting the prior learning for a particular course.

– The portfolio needs to include evidence that the student has the knowledge and skills, which match the outcomes which are identified for a particular CSCC course.

– Applying for prior learning assessment and preparing a portfolio does not guarantee that credit will be awarded.

Prior Learning Assessment

Coming to the College

Many students start somewhere else, then transfer to Columbus State to take advantage of our small class sizes, low tuition, or simply to be closer to home.

Columbus State welcomes new students transferring from many colleges and universities.

– Students must submit official college transcripts (sealed, unopened) as soon as possible to allow our Records and Registration Department sufficient time to evaluate your transcripts.

College Transfer Credit

Going From the College – aka University Transfer

and Articulation (9) Preferred Pathway Partners

32 Institutional Agreements

5 Limited Institutional Agreements

Institutional Agreement

Program to Program Memo

Equivalency Tables

Four Year Plan of Study

University Transfer and ArticulationStandard Documents

Other Support Pieces

Routing form for signatures/circulation

Articulation Communication Distribution Group

Shared Documents

University Transferand Articulation Partner Advisory Board

Time on Campus

– Visiting Advisors in the University Transfer Center

– University Visits in high traffic areas on campus

– Annual Transfer Fair

– Partner Destination Days

Online Tools

– Transfer Database

– Transfer Wiki

– Transfer Learning Communities

– Google Calendars

Questions

Takeaways Incoming

– Visiting Advisors in the University Transfer Center

– University Visits in high traffic areas on campus

– Annual Transfer Fair

Outgoing

– Standard Documents

– Samples

– Links to Online Resources

Documents, samples and links will be available on the Ohio Transfer Council Website

Contact Information

Desiree Polk-BlandDean of Advising and Student Support614.287.2060 – dpolkbla@cscc.edu

Sarah Lathrop Project Specialist, University Transfer and Articulation614.287.2236 – slathrop@cscc.edu