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Smoothing the Path for Transfer: Implementing Interstate Passport at Community Colleges
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McKay, Heather A.; Edwards, Renée; Douglas, Daniel – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2022
This article examines how states and community colleges can streamline the transfer process through an innovative national program known as Interstate Passport. The program enables block transfer of lower-division general education attainment based on a set of learning outcomes rather than on individual courses and credits. The article shows how…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Interstate Programs, College Transfer Students
Two States, One Mission: Building Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change Capacity of County Extension Educators
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Sneed, Christopher T.; Franck, Karen L.; Norman, Heather; Washburn, Lisa; Kennedy, Lauren E.; Jarvandi, Soghra; Mullins, Janet – Journal of Extension, 2020
Policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change interventions are a key part of comprehensive nutrition and health education. Although Extension educators find value in PSE approaches and report being involved in PSE work, many still indicate a lack of understanding regarding PSE approaches. We describe a unique multistate training designed to…
Descriptors: Extension Agents, Extension Education, Capacity Building, Intervention
Forming a Multistate Network: From Passion and Coincidence to Vision and Sustainability
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Bates, James S.; Benson, Jacquelyn J.; Yelland, Erin L. – Journal of Extension, 2020
The North Central Region Aging Network (NCRAN) formed out of a need to strengthen the potential for meeting curricular and educational demands related to the topic of aging. By pooling resources, establishing interactive and consistent methods of idea sharing, working collectively to assess community needs, and launching professional development…
Descriptors: Interstate Programs, Regional Programs, Aging Education, Extension Education
An Interstate Transfer Passport: Its Time Has Come
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Peat, Stafford – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2017
Students in New England take increasingly varied pathways to a degree. They are highly mobile and move among two-year colleges and four-year public and private higher education institutions (HEIs), among four-year and two-year colleges and back, and transfer in-state and out-of state. Four in 10 students who begin college at a New England…
Descriptors: Interstate Programs, College Transfer Students, Educational Benefits, Performance Factors
The Regional Genetic and Newborn Screening Service Collaboratives: The First Two Years
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Puryear, Michele; Weissman, Gloria; Watson, Michael; Mann, Marie; Strickland, Bonnie; van Dyck, Peter C. – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2006
Newborn screening and genetic technologies are expanding and changing rapidly, increasing the demand for genetic specialty services. Because of the scarcity and geographic maldistribution of genetic specialty services, access to these services is a critical issue. This article discusses some of the efforts initiated by the Maternal and Child…
Descriptors: Child Health, Genetics, Neonates, Infant Care
A Multistate Program to Educate Physicians: Successful, Economical, but Endangered.
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Roberts, Allan; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1995
The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine's successful interstate educational exchange program through the Southern Regional Education Board is described, and concerns are expressed for the program's future. Suggestions are offered for establishing similar multistate programs that promote education in medical specialties and encourage…
Descriptors: Exchange Programs, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Interstate Programs