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Michigan Credit When It’s Due Webinar Series: Student Eligibility & Degree Requirements

Michigan Credit When It’s Due Webinar Series: Student Eligibility & Degree Requirements. July 29, 2013 A Partnership between:. Overview of CWID Webinar Series. Student eligibility and degree requirements Monday, July 29 th – 1:30 to 3:00pm Communications with students – 8/26

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Michigan Credit When It’s Due Webinar Series: Student Eligibility & Degree Requirements

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  1. Michigan Credit When It’s Due Webinar Series: Student Eligibility & Degree Requirements July 29, 2013 A Partnership between:

  2. Overview of CWID Webinar Series • Student eligibility and degree requirements • Monday, July 29th– 1:30 to 3:00pm • Communications with students – 8/26 • Monday, August 26th – 1:30 to 3:00 pm • University/community college partnerships • In-person meeting – Thursday, September 19th – 9:00 to 11:00am

  3. Topics for today's webinar: • Highlights from the recent OCCRL CWID webinar • MI CWID Survey Results on Student Eligibility • Criteria for eligibility including minimum GPA • Minimum number of CC credits required • Degree requirements • Frequency and timing of student searches • Other responses about eligibility

  4. Highlights from the Baseline StudyWebinar on July 23, 2013Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  5. OCCRL Baseline Study Research Questions • What was the state policy context and environment for transfer prior to CWID implementation? • What were the estimated number of Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students in the Baseline Cohort? • What were the characteristics of Baseline Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students? • What were the post-transfer outcomes of Baseline Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students?

  6. OCCRL Baseline Study - Reverse Transfer-Related Legislative Policies

  7. OCCRL Baseline Study - Reverse Transfer-Related Legislative Policies (cont.)

  8. OCCRL Baseline Study - Quantitative Data *Number excludes approximately 3,400 students with “unreliable credit records”, meaning there was no way of knowing how many credits were received prior to transfer in Fall 2008. Recent dataset provided by NY not yet analyzed.

  9. What were the characteristics of Baseline Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students? Baseline Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students: n=~25,848

  10. What were the characteristics of Baseline Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students? Baseline Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students: n=~25,848

  11. What were the post-transfer outcomes of Baseline Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students? ~47% Did NOT Complete Bachelor’s Baseline Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students: n=~25,848

  12. What were the post-transfer outcomes of Baseline Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students? Baseline Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students: n=24,995

  13. OCCRL Michigan Findings • 5 universities: EMU, FSU, GVSU, OU, and WMU • Fall 2008 student transfers who had credits accepted at the 4-year institution from a Michigan CC but no AA/AS or higher prior to transfer • 5,354 transferred from CC to 4-year • 3,320 transferred without an associates degree • 3,148 met residency requirement (earned >=15 credits) • 83% are 18 to 24 years old • 72% Pell grant recipients • 82% Full-time students

  14. OCCRL Michigan Findings (cont.) Number of credits earned prior to transfer: • <= 15: 19 • 15.01-30: 507 • 30.01-45: 687 • 45.01-60: 808 • >60: 1,127

  15. OCCRL Michigan Findings (cont.) • Highest degree earned at receiving institution (n = 3,148): • Bachelor’s or higher: 1,499 • Associate: 48 • Certificate: 2 • No Degree: 1,599 • Highest degree earned at any institution (n = 3,148): • Bachelor’s or higher: 1,511 • Associate: 97 • Certificate: 12 • No Degree: 1,528

  16. Questions?

  17. Michigan Reverse Transfer Institutional Survey Responses on Student Eligibility

  18. Criteria for eligibility • 19 colleges and 12 universities use a minimum number of credits earned at a community college • 14 colleges and 9 universities use a minimum number of credits earned at the university • 1 college and 1 university use the start date at the community college • 9 universities will consider students who have attended multiple CCs and 4 will not • 10 universities require students to complete a reverse transfer form

  19. Criteria for eligibility (cont.) • 17 colleges and 6 universities require a minimum GPA for credits to transfer (all stated that it was 2.0 or higher except one university that requires a 3.0) • Other eligibility criteria mentioned include: • General agreement in place for universities to send names of former students • Has not already earned a degree at the community college • Enrolled in undergraduate courses at the university • In good academic standing at the university • Must be an active student or have been an active student in the last two years at the university • Does not have an outstanding financial obligation at the university • Credits being reverse transferred must meet the degree requirements

  20. Criteria for eligibility (cont.) Key questions: • What are the most important criteria for eligibility? • Should Michigan establish common criteria?

  21. Minimum CC credits required • There is significant variation under the agreements – 12, 15, 17, 18, 24, 25, 30, 32, 35, and 45. • Rationales for these credit thresholds include: • Institutional residency policy for any student to receive a degree • Higher Learning Commission requirement at the home institution • Bulk of work completed before transfer • Represents a percentage of credit toward an associate degree (50%, 60%, and 75% mentioned) • If we are going to issue a credential, we don't want to do it based on all transfer credits • Basic point of demarcation • Encourage students who plan to transfer to earn the current MACRAO stamp

  22. Changes to HLC Assumed Practices • New Language for Assumed Practice B. 1. b.: The institution maintains structures or practices that ensure the coherence and quality of the programs for which it awards a degree. Typically institutions will require that at minimum 30 of the 120 credits earned for the bachelor’s degree and 15 of the 60 credits for the associate’s degree be credits earned at the institution itself, through arrangements with other accredited institutions, or through contractual relationships approved by the Commission. Any variation from the typical minima must be explained and justified.

  23. Minimum CC credits required (cont.) Key questions: • What are the implications of the HLC change for the minimum credits required by CCs? • What are the impediments for establishing a common requirement ?

  24. Degree requirements • There is variation in the degrees the agreements apply to ranging from only AA/AS to all degrees. • No colleges are waiving any degree requirements (three mentioned waiving the graduation fee) • 3 colleges are planning to automatically award the associates degree, 6 are considering, and 15 will not.

  25. Degree requirements (cont.) Key questions: • Why limit the degrees eligible for reverse transfer to the AA/AS? • For those awarding the associate’s automatically what is your rationale and process for doing so?

  26. Frequency & timing of student searches • 7 universities search once each term, 2 search once a year, 1 searches twice each year, 1 three times per year (but not based on terms), 1 was unsure, and 1 said it is defined by the community college • 7 universities run searches in Sept., 5 each in April and May, 3 in Nov., and 1 each in Feb. and June

  27. Frequency & timing of student searches Key questions: • What is the rationale for the timing and frequency of these searches? • What happens to students who express interest in reverse transfer but are not yet eligible? Are they included in future searches?

  28. Other responses about eligibility • A college encourages students to apply for graduation prior to leaving so they can identify which credits are needed to complete the degree • A college indicated that one form was used that encompasses the FERPA release, graduation application, etc. to makes it easier for students • A university indicated that their Transfer Student Application will contain a statement that the student can check if they do not want to participate in reverse transfer. This will allow them to run the process and review for eligible students and send the information to the community colleges

  29. Next Steps • Circulate slides/recording of today’s student webinar (as well as OCCRL materials • Communications with Students Webinar – 8/26 • Monday, August 26th – 1:30 to 3:00 pm • University/community College Partnerships In-Person Meeting (prior to the 2013 Student Success Summit) • Thursday, September 19th – 9:00 to 11:00am in Lansing

  30. Chris Baldwin Michigan Center for Student Success cbaldwin@mcca.org Patty Farrell-Cole Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan pfarrell@pcsum.org

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