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College Credit Transfer & Collaboration at York UniversityPresentation to Student Pathways in Higher Education Conference – January 27, 2012
Glenn Craney
Senior Policy Advisor to the President &
Executive Director,
Office of Institutional Research and Analysis
Overview
Four Key Objectives
• Overview of college transfer and collaboration at York University
• What does the intake class of college transfer students look like?
• How well do they do?
• A different view - what does the graduation class of college transfer students look like?
College Transfer and Collaboration at York University
• York University is a leader in College-University Collaboration
• York has established a comprehensive block transfer credit policy in addition to 14 successful collaborative programs including • BDesign program with Sheridan College and• Collaborative Nursing programs with Seneca and Georgian Colleges
• Through this framework, York admits 2,600 students per year as credit transfer or into joint/collaborative programs.
• In total, almost 8,200 college transfer and joint degree students are enrolled at York University
Block Transfer Credit Policy
• York’s policy provides for a predetermined number of credits/courses or course waivers based on an number of factors:• college program• alignment • years completed
• This transfer credit is offered as a matter of policy without special application required and without formal articulation agreements with the colleges.
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Block Transfer Credit - Examples
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Program Category
Years Completed
Credits Granted
ElectivesGeneral
EducationExamples
A 3 42 27 15General Arts And Science, Business Administration
B 3 30 21 9Comedy Writing & Performance, Database Application Developer
C 3 21 21 0Electrical Engineering Technology, Nursing Assistant
D 3 15 15 0Tool And Design Instrumentation Engineering Technology
E 3 12 12 0Medical Radiation Technology, Support Care
Notes:1.Assumes a minimum 70% average2.Credit will be assess on a sliding scale based on number of years completed.
New Admissions (2010-11)
• Almost 2,600 new admits (across all three terms) from college transfers and/or into collaborative programs
• 2,100 students transferred under the block credit transfer policy• 800 into 1st year and
• 1,300 into upper years
• 100 new students in the BDesign Program (Sheridan)
• 100 new students in Professional Writing (Seneca)
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Total Enrolments – Fall/Winter 2010
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Year 1Upper Years
Total
College Transfer 1,001 5,709 6,710 Collaborative Nursing - 699 699 BDesign 101 293 394 Professional Writing 94 245 339 Total 1,196 6,946 8,142
Note: Unique students across all three semesters
New Class – What we know and what we need to find out
• Build upon previous study funded by CUCC- published in 2008
• We know: • sending college• program of study at York• performance at York• how much credit transferred (new)
• More research is needed on:• what did they study at the college (affinity)• how many years of study• did they graduate
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New Class – Originating Institution
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New Class – Choice of Program
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New Class – Credit Transferred
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How well do they do - Retention
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How well do they do – Graduation
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Graduation Class of 2011 - Program
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Class of 2011 – Time to Completion
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Class of 2011 – Credit Accumulation
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Future Research
• Partnership between York and Seneca• York’s biggest ‘trading partner”• build an administrative data set with student records from both institutions• answers the missing questions/look for patterns• college to university and university to college
• Special focus on nursing collaborative programs• looking for key success factors
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