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Download full textAmy Jo Richardson; David B. Knight – AERA Open, 2024
Beginning the path to a bachelor's degree in community college has the potential to be a more cost-effective higher education option. Previous research on transfer students has focused broadly on curriculum alignment, articulation policies, and academic advising in efforts to reduce credit loss. Credit loss can significantly impact transfer…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Prior Learning, Transfer Programs, College Transfer Students
Acai, Anita; Newton, Genevieve – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2015
Articulation agreements between colleges and universities, whereby students with two-year college diplomas can receive advancement toward a four-year university degree, are provincially mandated in some Canadian provinces and highly encouraged in others. In this study, we compared learning in college transfer and direct-entry from high school…
Descriptors: High School Students, Comparative Analysis, Performance Factors, College Students
Ebersole, John – Continuing Higher Education Review, 2010
America does not have the workforce it needs for the economy that it has. That was a conclusion of the Commission on the Future of Higher Education in 2006. The Commission went on to note that if current trends are not reversed, the US economy and per capita income will actually decrease over the next 15 years, for the first time in US history. In…
Descriptors: Transfer Policy, Open Enrollment, Open Universities, Institutional Characteristics
Direct linkPalmer, James C. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1982
Reviews recent ERIC documents and journal articles dealing with the articulation and transfer process. Focuses on the status of the community college transfer function, the success of community college transfer students at four-year colleges, educational articulation, and experiential learning. Includes an extensive bibliography. (DMM)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Young, Kenneth E.; Andrews, Grover J. – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1979
Accrediting agencies can assume a leadership role in the recognition of prior learning experiences by endorsing the concept, assuring that good practices are followed, providing for the orientation and training of accrediting teams, and encouraging institutional review of policies and procedures. A statement endorsed by three national associations…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, College Credits, Experiential Learning, Guidelines
Nair, P. A. P. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2003
Most developing countries have embarked upon the implementation of new models in the teaching and learning arenas, and South Africa is no exception. Because the economic empowerment of a nation depends on the success of its educational strategies, the introduction and development of outcomes-based education (OBE) at all levels of education in…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Outcome Based Education, Prior Learning, Educational Practices
