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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