Missouri’s Core Transfer Library: Collaboration toward a Common Goal

2. Missouri’s Core Transfer Library: Collaboration toward a Common Goal AngelettePrichett Research Associate, MDHE Director of Missouri Core Transfer Library COTA Conference January 29, 2014

4. Core Transfer Library Goals • Promote and facilitate transfer • Create statewide core transfer library by July 1, 2014 • Public two- and four-year required • At least 25 lower division courses across all institutions • Establish polices and procedures to ensure courses accepted in transfer and treated as equivalent to similar courses

5. Where are We Now? • Initial courses for the transfer library approved by the Coordinating Board for Higher Education • Microeconomics, • Macroeconomics, • College Algebra, and • Sociology. • MDHE staff also met with independent representatives from Avila, Fontbonne, Lindenwood, Park, Stephens, William Woods, and Central Methodist University to begin developing a plan for inclusion of independent institutions’ courses in the transfer library. • In process of writing policy and procedures for the core transfer library

6. Next set of 16 courses to be approved by the CBHE at February board meeting: • American government • American history I • American history II • Anthropology • Art appreciation • Astronomy • Calculus I • Drawing I • Introduction to statistics • Music appreciation • Oral Communication • Philosophy • Psychology • Public speaking • Western civilization • World religions

7. Obstacles with Equivalence • Credit hour discrepancies between lab and non-lab courses sciences pose issues • Sequential course transfer issues (e.g. Foreign Language, Sciences) science and foreign language, if there is a certain sequence, may not accept beginning sequence from other institution • Upper-division vs. lower-division course in accounting and business courses, lower division at CC but may be considered upper level at four year, transfer is issue • Not all institutions offer all courses, nor do they accept courses from other institutions

8. Next Steps—Course Equivalence • MDHE staff is currently working with institutional registrars to resolve transfer questions for the next set of 16 courses for inclusion in the course library: • American Government • American History I • American History II • Anthropology • Art Appreciation • Astronomy • Calculus I • Drawing I • Introduction to Statistics • Music Appreciation • Oral Communication • Philosophy • Psychology • Public Speaking • Western Civilization • World Religions

9. Next Steps--Policy • Create policies and procedures for transfer library • “common currency” • Inclusion of courses • Policy address following components: • Participation by independent institutions • Guiding principles • Alignment of current general education policy • Definitions • Procedures for adding courses

10. How Can You Help? • Policy recommendations: • Definitions for accept, transfer, equivalence, course...any other definitions? • Other policy areas to be addressed? • What are fundamental guiding principles we need to outline? • What are we forgetting? • Course equivalence: • How do we get the final courses to transfer? • What do we do about science and foreign language? • 200 vs 300 level courses (upper vs lower division) • Put simply: IS THERE A BETTER WAY?

11. Next Steps—Website Presentation • Currently working on format based upon Indiana’s transfer portal • Possible queries • Common course name • Institution • Discipline • Are there others? • Notes sections • Print function

12. Angelette Prichett, MSW Research Associate for Academic Affairs Angelette.Prichett@dhe.mo.gov P.O. Box 1469 Jefferson City 65102-1469 Phone 573-522-2150 Fax: (573) 751-6635 www.dhe.mo.gov