Several factors influenced the development of a system-wide articulation policy by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Enrollment patterns were changed by the creation of metropolitan community colleges and by the influx of first-time and older, non-traditional students. Increasingly, pressures were placed on the system to provide for…

This document provides an historical perspective on state government involvement in postsecondary articulation/transfer matters, and a state-by-state discussion of articulation developments in higher education. To date, 39 states have released guidelines or policies regulating the transfer of credit between two- and four-year colleges, and in some…

Examines Florida's articulation system in terms of governance and state coordination of K-12, community college and four-year college sectors; the Florida Administrative Code's rule on articulation and its effects on transfer, community colleges and high schools; and the future of articulation in the state. (DMM)