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Direct linkMcKay, 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
Weeden, Dustin D.; Lee, Jason C.; Tandberg, David A.; Bruecker, Ellie M. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2021
With the growth in distance education programs and other interstate activities, community colleges increasingly need to be authorized by multiple states. State authorization provides the legal approval for postsecondary education providers to offer credentials and conduct related activities. Participation in the State Authorization Reciprocity…
Descriptors: Correlation, Community Colleges, Participation, Enrollment Influences
Sherman, Jane; Shea, Patricia – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2020
Interstate Passport is a program that serves a national network of member institutions and states to facilitate block transfer of lower-division general education attainment based on student learning outcomes rather than on specific courses and credits. A student who is awarded a Passport for completing the general education courses specified by…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Transfer Policy, Interstate Programs, Minority Group Students
Download full textWestern Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2015
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and its 16 members work collaboratively to expand educational access and excellence for all citizens of the West. By promoting innovation, cooperation, resource sharing, and sound public policy among its members and their institutions, WICHE strengthens higher education's contributions…
Descriptors: Interstate Programs, Organizations (Groups), Higher Education, Student Exchange Programs
Jobs For the Future, 2014
In 2011, the Harvard Graduate School of Education released "Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century." The report argued that the current education system was too narrowly focused on the goal of preparing all young people to pursue a four-year college or university degree immediately…
Descriptors: Career Education, Labor Force Development, Career Readiness, High School Students
