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Miller, Jessica – Utah System of Higher Education, 2019
Prior learning refers to the knowledge, competencies, and skills acquired through formal and informal education outside a traditional academic environment or at the initiative of the individual learner. For example, if a current or potential student participated in an employee training program, military service, or took standardized exams such as…
Descriptors: College Credits, Prior Learning, Adults, Nontraditional Students
Taylor, Jason L.; Bragg, Debra D. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2015
In 2012, five foundations launched the Credit When Its Due (CWID) initiative that was "designed to encourage partnerships of community colleges and universities to significantly expand programs that award associate degrees to transfer students when the student completes the requirements for the associate degree while pursuing a bachelor's…
Descriptors: Transfer Programs, Transfer Policy, College Transfer Students, Associate Degrees
Villarreal, Gay Callaway – 1989
Migrant students graduation rates, although improving, are still significantly lower than those of their non-migrant peers. This manual is a comprehensive reference guide for Chapter 1 Migrant Program personnel counselors and teachers serving migrant students at the secondary level. Migrant students are those who move across school district…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Credits, Graduation Requirements, Migrant Education
Krawutschke, Eleanor, Ed.; Roberts, Thomas, Ed. – 1986
This workbook is the result of a 3-year study of transcripts and other documentation from study-abroad programs and is designed to be of use to both those responsible for making credit transfer determinations and those advising students on study abroad programs. It provides the following information: (1) guidelines for the documentation necessary…
Descriptors: Academic Records, College Transfer Students, Credits, Grading
Rivera, Rosendo R.; Trevino, Carlos – 1984
The Washington Secondary Credit Exchange Program allows grade 7-12 migrant students to complete work toward graduation and/or to enhance basic skills during late afternoon or evening classes as they follow the crops from state to state with their families. A Spring Model allows students entering late in the year to complete courses already begun…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Evening Programs, Interstate Programs, Migrant Education
Fresno County Dept. of Education, Fresno, CA. – 1985
A survey of administrators and contact personnel responsible for PASS Programs in California schools was conducted to determine what policies are followed for evaluating and granting student credits. Questionnaire forms were sent to 91 school sites. The return rate was 86.8% for principals and 90.1% for contact people. Questions covered staff…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Administrative Policy, Articulation (Education), Correspondence Study
Shields, Jennifer A.; Head, Ronald B. – 2002
This publication reports on the rates of transfer of Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) students and tracks what kinds of transfer institutions these students choose. The study analyzes transfer rates by school type: two-year in-state, two-year out-of-state, four-year in-state, and four-year out-of-state. It also analyzes the data…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students
National Committee on the Education of Migrant Children, New York, NY. – 1974
Initiated in the mid-sixties under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Uniform Migrant Student Record Transfer System (UMSRTS) was designed to maintain ready accessibility via computer data base to the health and academic records of migrant children. The National Committee on the Education of Migrant Children (NCEMC)…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
Preston, David L. – 1993
A study was performed to determine the feasibility of using grade point averages and course-completion ratios in determining the success of community college students who transferred to four-year institutions. Four Texas universities searched their transcript files for students who had transferred from Brazosport College (BC), and provided BC with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Records, College Transfer Students
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Morse, Susan C.; And Others. – 1986
A 1983-84 survey of migrant directors was conducted to provide information regarding the PASS (Portable Assisted Study Sequence) Program and to solicit recommendations regarding the role of the program in the secondary education of migrant students. Survey questionnaires were received from migrant programs in California, Arizona, Oregon, Arkansas,…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Administrative Policy, Articulation (Education), Comparative Analysis
Armstrong, William B.; Takahata, Gail M.; Barnes, Randy A. – 1998
This study evaluates the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) transfer function to private and out-of-state four-year colleges and universities through the tracking of a sample of students. While the majority of transcripts sent by SDCCD are to California State University (CSU) or University of California (UC) campuses, this study shows…
Descriptors: Academic Records, College Admission, College Applicants, College Transfer Students
Koppel, Sheree P.; Osborne, Jeanne S. – 1993
The purpose of this study was to assess the need for information about transfer students of both "sending" institutions (schools from which students transfer) and "receiving" institutions (schools to which students transfer) and to assess also the institutions' capacity for and willingness to enter into data-sharing activities.…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Colleges
Nevada Univ. System, Reno. Articulation Board. – 1990
In 1990, a study was conducted to review and evaluate the condition of transfer and articulation among the four community colleges and two universities within the University of Nevada System (UNS) and to propose policies and procedures to strengthen and support the transfer system. Over 2,000 transcripts of UNS graduates from the classes of 1986…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges