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Cross Registration: How Well Does It Really Work. A Presentation by Lawrence G. Dotolo, Ph.D. President Virginia Tidewater Consortium for Higher Education and Executive Director Association for Consortium Leadership. Association for Consortium Leadership.
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Cross Registration:How Well Does It Really Work A Presentation by Lawrence G. Dotolo, Ph.D. President Virginia Tidewater Consortium for Higher Education and Executive Director Association for Consortium Leadership
Association for Consortium Leadership The National and International Organization for Consortium Leadership
What Will Be Discussed? • Why Consortia Instituted Cross Registration? • What Are Typical Cross-registration Guidelines? • Is It Widely Used? • Have New Registration Systems Enhanced Cross Registration? • What Problems Have Occurred with Cross Registration? • Other Concerns
Why Consortia Instituted Cross Registration? • To Offer More Options for Students • To Share Unique Resources • To Promote Inter-institutional Cooperation • To Reduce the Cost of Academic Programs • Others
Typical Cross-Registration Guidelines • Must Have Approval of Home Institution • Student Must Be in Good Standing • Tuition Will Be Paid to Home Institution • Student Must Abide by the Rules and Regulations of the Host Institution • There is a Limit to the Number of Credits That Can Be Taken
Is It Widely Used? • Most Academic Consortia in the United States Have Cross Registration • The Number of Students Using Cross Registration Varies with the Consortium, but It Is Substantial
Have New Registration Systems Enhanced Cross Registration? • If Colleges are Using the Same Software, Cross Registration is Enhanced • If They are Not Using Similar System, Manual Override Is Required (if Possible) and Efficiencies May be Less i.e. Banner and PeopleSoft
What Problems Have Occurred with Cross Registration? • Slow Grade Processing • Transcript Generation at Host Institution • Change in College Personnel Result in Little Knowledge of the Process • Student Violation of Host Rules • Jurisdictional Problems with Disruptive Students
What Problems Have Occurred with Cross-Registration? (cont) • On-Line Registration • On-Line Courses • Others
How To Contact Us Association for Consortium Leadership 4900 Powhatan Avenue Norfolk, Virginia 23529 Lawrence G. Dotolo, Ph.D. Executive Director lgdotolo@aol.com Nicola Beltz, Director of Programs and Administration nicolabelt@aol.com Phone: 757-683-3183 Fax: 757-683-4515 www.acl.odu.edu