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Webinar Series:
Student Eligibility & Degree Requirements
July 29, 2013
A Partnership between:
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
Topics for today's webinar:
1. Highlights from the recent OCCRL CWID webinar
2. MI CWID Survey Results on Student Eligibility
a) Criteria for eligibility including minimum GPA
b) Minimum number of CC credits required
c) Degree requirements
d) Frequency and timing of student searches
e) Other responses about eligibility
Highlights from the Baseline Study
Webinar on July 23, 2013
Office of Community College Research and
Leadership (OCCRL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
OCCRL Baseline Study Research
Questions
1. What was the state policy context and environment
for transfer prior to CWID implementation?
2. What were the estimated number of Reverse
Transfer-Eligible Students in the Baseline Cohort?
3. What were the characteristics of Baseline Reverse
Transfer-Eligible Students?
4. What were the post-transfer outcomes of Baseline
Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students?
OCCRL Baseline Study - Reverse TransferRelated Legislative Policies
State
Legislation
Summary of Legislation Related
to Reverse Transfer
Colorado
Senate Bill 12-045 (2012)
• Charges the Higher Education Commission to
work with 2-year and 4-year boards to develop
and coordinate a reverse transfer process
• Requires developing a "notification process"
for students who accumulate 70 credits at
university and who met 2-year residency
requirement
• Requires implementation by 2013-14 year
• Defines key contents of the notification
process
Florida
Florida Statue 1007.25
(Senate Bill 478 passed in 1971)
Maryland
House Bill 833 (2013)
College Readiness and
Completion Act of 2013
• Allows students at state universities to
request AA degree from the university if
student completes the minimum degree
requirements
• Requires MHEC to work with public
institutions to develop statewide reverse
transfer agreement
OCCRL Baseline Study - Reverse Transfer
-Related Legislative Policies (cont.)
State
Legislation
Summary of Legislation Related
to Reverse Transfer
Michigan
House Bill 5372 (H-1) CR-1
Higher Education Budget
FY12-13
• Charges committee to develop a reverse
transfer process
• Requires universities to participate in reverse
transfer agreements with at least 3 community
colleges in order to receive performance
funding
Missouri
House Bill 1042 (2012)
• Charges the coordinating board to develop a
policy to foster reverse transfer for students
who have met enough hours from a public
higher education institution that offers
associate degrees and one public four-year
institution
Oregon
HB 3521 (2011) - "Transfer
Students Bill of Rights and
Responsibilities"
• Charges agencies to create standards for a
reverse transfer process
OCCRL Baseline Study - Quantitative Data
State
Arkansas
Colorado
Florida
Hawaii
Maryland
Michigan
Missouri
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Total
Number of Reverse TransferEligible Students
1,057
1,739
2,077
1,078
3,770
3,148
2,787
3,273*
1,223
3,032
2,664
25,848
*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.
What were the characteristics of Baseline
Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students?
Gender
Race/Ethnicity
11% 6%
47%
53%
67%
Asian or Pacific Islander
Hispanic
Missing/Other
Male
10%
6%
Black
White
Female
Baseline Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students: n=~25,848
What were the characteristics of Baseline
Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students?
Age
Fall 2008 Pell Recipient
26%
48%
74%
18 to 24
24%
28%
25 and Above
Yes
No
Missing
Baseline Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students: n=~25,848
What were the post-transfer outcomes of Baseline
Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students?
14%
~47% Did NOT
Complete
Bachelor’s
53%
33%
Completed Bachelor's or Higher
Did Not Complete Bachelor's
Did Not Complete Bachelor's, Enrolled at Receiving Institution Spring 2012
Baseline Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students: n=~25,848
What were the post-transfer outcomes of Baseline
Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students?
3%
48%
Did Not Complete Bachelor's
52%
49%
Completed Associate Before Bachelor's
Completed Bachelor's Only
Baseline Reverse Transfer-Eligible Students: n=24,995
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
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
OCCRL Michigan Findings (cont.)
 Highest degree earned at receiving institution (n = 3,148):
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Bachelor’s or higher:
Associate:
Certificate:
No Degree:
1,499
48
2
1,599
 Highest degree earned at any institution (n = 3,148):
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Bachelor’s or higher:
Associate:
Certificate:
No Degree:
1,511
97
12
1,528
Questions?
Michigan Reverse Transfer
Institutional Survey Responses on
Student Eligibility
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
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
Criteria for eligibility (cont.)
Key questions:
1. What are the most important criteria for eligibility?
2. Should Michigan establish common criteria?
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
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.
Minimum CC credits required (cont.)
Key questions:
1. What are the implications of the HLC change for the
minimum credits required by CCs?
2. What are the impediments for establishing a
common requirement ?
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.
Degree requirements (cont.)
Key questions:
1. Why limit the degrees eligible for reverse
transfer to the AA/AS?
2. For those awarding the associate’s
automatically what is your rationale and
process for doing so?
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
Frequency & timing of student searches
Key questions:
1. What is the rationale for the timing and
frequency of these searches?
2. What happens to students who express
interest in reverse transfer but are not yet
eligible? Are they included in future
searches?
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
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
Chris Baldwin
Michigan Center for Student Success
[email protected]
Patty Farrell-Cole
Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan
[email protected]