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Cohen, Arthur M. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2012
Transfer education centering on the liberal arts declined relatively beginning in the late 1960s with the expansion of vocational education. But the distinctions blurred as courses that matched university programs in business and health fields grew. By the 1970s more than half all associate degrees awarded were to students from occupational…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, Community Colleges
Robinson, Shawn – 1997
The associate of arts (AA) major was implemented at Valencia Community College (VCC) in Florida as one of the goals set by an ACE-Kellogg roundtable for 1997. This degree was proposed with the intent of assisting students in making better decisions about choosing careers, majors, and courses. The AA major is equivalent to the current AA degree…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Career Counseling, Community Colleges, Counseling
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2008
In 2008's Public Chapter 863, the General Assembly directed the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) to work with the University of Tennessee and the Tennessee Board of Regents to facilitate "universal articulation" of lower division "transfer paths" to baccalaureate majors. This legislation builds on a 2000 Act…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2007
The General Assembly determined that a higher education system that failed to allow the transfer of seemingly identical or similar courses increased the time to degree and cost to the student and the state. It was also the perception of the General Assembly that public higher education was not taking adequate steps to remedy the problem.…
Descriptors: Time to Degree, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Articulation (Education)