Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present ReProTool Version 2.0, a software tool that is used for the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) and the Bologna Process re-engineering of academic programmes. The tool is the result of an 18 months project (February 2012-July 2013) project, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund…

Reports on a study that tracked the transfer of community college students in a teacher preparation program to a partner university. Reports that students found the transfer process to be smooth and did not experience a loss of credit hours. However, they completed a larger number of credit hours upon graduation than their native counterparts and…

Argues that because students with vocational associate degrees are not usually expected to transfer to four-year institutions, studies examining academic performances of two-year college transfer students rarely use type of associate degree as a variable. Attempts to determine a relationship between type of associate degree and baccalaureate…

Although the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD), in Arizona, maintains an exemplary relationship and numerous transfer agreements with the state's public universities, systematic and operational problems still exist. Systematic problems include the accumulation of excessive college credit hours; changes in applicable transfer…

Southwest Texas State (SWT) University has developed a system of communication with two-year community colleges that aims to provide information about new student performance and identify student needs. About 60% of the 7,000 new undergraduate students first enrolling in SWT each year are transfer students. In 1992, about 60% of new students at…