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D'Amico, Mark M.; Chapman, Lisa M.; Robertson, Shun – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degrees are designed to prepare individuals for career opportunities, but they are increasingly prevalent among students transferring to universities. Still, transfer experiences for AAS holders are fraught with barriers such as credit loss and credit applicability toward baccalaureate degrees. Using statewide…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Transfer Students, Articulation (Education), Graduation Rate
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
Altstadt, David – Jobs For the Future, 2014
Despite widely shared aspirations, the vast majority of community college students do not continue their studies at four-year colleges. In November 2013, "Jobs for the Future" convened higher education leaders and researchers to explore state-level policy strategies for restructuring community college in ways that enhance student…
Descriptors: Transfer Programs, Educational Change, Community Colleges, Transfer Policy
Grimes, Terry – Council of Independent Colleges, 2014
Because of their commitment to the voluntary measurement and improvement of student learning outcomes, colleges and universities that are members of the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) have been at the forefront of the national shift from teacher-centered to student-centered learning. The institutions participating in the CIC Degree…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Consortia, Qualifications, Outcomes of Education
Boatman, Ralph H.; Huther, John W. – 1975
The North Carolina project reviewed here was conducted to develop procedures to enable an individual to transfer credit from an allied health education program in one setting to some program in higher education. Chapter 1 reviews barriers to educational mobility and presents an overview of the project, which identified specific problems that…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees