North Carolina College Transfer and
Student Access Initiatives
David English, Director
CFNC Technology & Internet Services
The University of North Carolina
General Administration
October 22, 2009
Presentation Overview
• North Carolina – Postsecondary Education Overview
• CFNC
• Comprehensive Articulation Agreement
• Transfer Advisory Committee
• NC College Access Challenge Grant
• CFNC Transfer Navigator
North Carolina
Postsecondary
Education
The University of North Carolina
• University was chartered in 1789, and is the oldest public
institution of higher education in the United States
• Comprised of sixteen constituent public institutions of
higher education and one constituent high school
• Total enrollment: 215,692
• Governance:
• UNC Board of Governors - 32 members, 16 appointed by House,
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16 by Senate
UNC President appointed by Board
Institutional Chancellors report to UNC President
Institutional Board of Trustees – 13 members, 8 appointed by
UNC BOG, 4 by Governor, Student Body President
• All institutions SACS Accredited
North Carolina Community College System
• NC General Assembly passed first Community College act in
1957. State Board of Community Colleges created in 1980
• Comprised of 58 community colleges located throughout the
state, stable since 1979
• Total enrollment: 800,000 +
• Governance:
• NCCS State Boards - 21 members, 10 appointed by Governor, 4 by
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House, 4 by Senate
NCCCS President appointed by Board
Campus Presidents report to local Board of Trustees
Institutional Board of Trustees – 12 members, 4 appointed by
Governor, 4 by local school board, 4 by local board of commissioners
• All institutions SACS Accredited
CFNC
501(c)(3)
nonprofit administers
grants, loans
and savings
program on
behalf of the
state
State agency
responsible for
statewide college aid
programs – grants
scholarships, loans, 529
savings
State-funded
K-16
partnership
(NCDPI,
NCCCS,
NCICU, UNC)
administered
by UNC
General
Administration
Primary Goal = Access
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To increase the college-going rate in
North Carolina with particular attention
toward “first-generation” college students.
Obstacles facing first-generation college students:
1) Can I really go to college in NC?
2) Can I afford to go to college in NC?
CFNC Access Services
CFNC Resource
Center
GEAR UP North
Carolina
• www.CFNC.org
• 1.866.866.CFNC
• Career Center
• College Fair
• Toll-free Telephone
Hotline for Career
and College
Planning
• Low-income (FRL)
school students
• Free SAT & ACT Test
Prep
• Email from
CFNC.org
• Two grants from US
Dept of Education
(2000-11)
• Online Applications
• Publications
• 35 NC counties
• Electronic High
School Transcripts
• Training
• 16,000+ students
CFNC Technology &
Internet Services
• Student Planner
• Transfer Articulation
• Spanish Services
• $37 million
Comprehensive
Articulation Agreement
and
Transfer Advisory
Committee
Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (CAA)
• 1995 General Assembly
• House Bill 739
• Develop a plan enabling NCCCS students to
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transfer to UNC institutions
• NCCCS to implement common course descriptions
and numbering for 58 campuses
Senate Bill 1161
• Plan for accurate and accessible academic
counseling for transfers
• Timetable for creation of the CAA
• NCCCS to review policies in an effort to facilitate
transfer (quarter system)
• CAA was approved by UNC Board of Governors and
State Board of Community Colleges Spring 1996
CAA Underlying Assumptions
• General Education Core is portable and supersedes UNC
institutional lower division general education
requirements
• Institutions recognize professional integrity of other
accredited institutions
• Competencies and understandings developed by general
education as a whole are more important than any
individual course
• General education requirements of receiving institution
remain in effect for students not completing the core or
the AA or AS degrees
• Upper-division general education requirements and
graduation requirements remain unchanged
Transfer Advisory Committee
• 8 member committee appointed by Presidents of UNC and NCCCS
• Holds authority to interpret and advise on CAA policy matters
• Authority to implement policy rests with UNC and NCCCS Governing
Boards
UNC TAC Appointees
• Ms. Kathi M. Baucom, Co-Chair
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Associate Provost for Enrollment Mgt,
UNC Charlotte
David English
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Director of CFNC Tech and IS,
UNC General Administration
NCCCS TAC Appointees
• Dr. Dennis King, Co-Chair
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Lou Riggans
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Director of the Transfer Center,
Fayetteville State University
Dr. Kenneth R. Gurganus
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Assistant Professor, Mathematics,
UNC Wilmington
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Vice President for Student Services,
Asheville-Buncombe TCC
Ms. Beth Spragins
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Program Coordinator, NCCCS
Dr. Johnnie R. Simpson
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Vice President for Instruction,
Richmond CC
Dr. Richard E. Swanson
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Professor of Physics, Sandhills CC
CAA Provisions
• Students who complete the AA or AS degree:
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Granted “junior” academic status
Granted 64 semester-hours of credit transferred
Fulfillment of the UNC Minimum Course Requirements (MCR's) in effect at
the time of high school graduation
Completion of the lower division general education component. However,
students must meet the receiving university's foreign language and/or
health and physical education requirements, if applicable, prior to or after
transfer to the senior institution
Admission to a UNC institution per the Transfer Assured Admissions Policy
(TAAP)
• Students who complete the AFA degree:
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Fulfillment of the UNC Minimum Course Requirements (MCR's) in effect at
the time of high school graduation
• Students who complete the 44-hour CAA Gen Ed core:
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Fulfillment of the UNC Minimum Course Requirements (MCR's) in effect at
the time of high school graduation
Completion of the lower division general education component. However,
students must meet the receiving university's foreign language and/or
health and physical education requirements, if applicable, prior to or after
transfer to the senior institution.
General Education Core (44 SHC)
• Arts:
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English Composition (6 SHC)
Humanities/Fine Arts (12 SHC)
Social Behavioral Sciences (12 SHC)
Natural Sciences/Math (14 SHC)
• Science:
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English Composition (6 SHC)
Humanities/Fine Arts (9 SHC)
Social Behavioral Sciences (9 SHC)
Natural Sciences/Math (20 SHC)
Pre-Majors: Arts
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Anthropology
Art Education
Business Administration,
Accounting, Economics, Finance
and Marketing
Business Education and Marketing
Education
Communication/Communication
Studies
Computer Science
Criminal Justice
Elementary Education
English
English Education
Geography
Health Education
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History
Information Systems
Liberal Studies
Mass Communication/Journalism
Middle Grades Education
Nursing
Physical Education
Political Science
Psychology
Social Science Secondary Education
Social Work
Sociology
Special Education
Pre-Majors: Science
• Biology and Biology Education
• Chemistry and Chemistry Education
• Engineering
• Mathematics
• Mathematics Education
Transfer Assured Admissions Policy (TAAP)
• Student is guaranteed admission to a UNC Institution:
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Admission is not assured to a specific campus or a specific program or
major.
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Students must have graduated from a North Carolina Community College
with an Associate in Arts or Associate in Science degree.
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Students must meet all requirements of the Comprehensive Articulation
Agreement.
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A student must have an overall GPA of at least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale, as
calculated by the college from which he or she graduated, and a grade of
"C" or better in all CAA courses.
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Students must be academically eligible for re-admission to the last
institution attended.
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Students must meet judicial requirements of the institution to which the
student applies.
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Students must meet all application requirements at the receiving institution
including the submission of all required documentation by stated deadlines.
Bilateral Agreement Inventory
• Provided by the UNC Institutions & NCCCS campuses to
the TAC for updates
• Lists by community college, university and major available
• Excellent tool for advising potential transfers and
developing additional agreements.
• Currently over 1,000 agreements in the inventory
NCCCS Combined Course Library
• There are about 3,800 NCCCS CCL Courses
• Of those, some 720 arts and sciences courses are
approved for transfer:
• General Education (about 200)
• Pre-major elective
• These courses provide the base infrastructure for the CFNC
Transfer Navigator Project
North Carolina
College Access
Challenge Grant
NC College Access Challenge Grant
• U.S. Department of Education Grant Program
• $3.8 Million Dollars between 2008-10
• UNC is the administrative agent for the grant and is
partnering with NCCCS, NCICU, and NCSEAA in
program delivery
• Projects include:
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CFNC Transfer Articulation System
Minority Male Mentoring
NCICU College Access Network
College Application Week Expansion
FAFSA Day Expansion
Directory of Pre-College Programs
NC College Access Challenge Grant
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College Application Week
o Expanded from 109 high schools (2007) to 293 high schools (2008)
o Attendance increased 51%, from 12,808 (2007) to 19,356 (2008)
o Applications submitted increased 77% from 21,445 (2007) to 37,903
(2008)
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Pre-College Tracking Database
o Partnership between UNCGA CACG, GEAR UP North Carolina, GEAR UP
Appalachian, and GEAR UP Fayetteville State
o Building single tracking database for measurement and evaluation of
outreach and intervention efforts across programs
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FAFSA Day
o Expanded from 56 sites (2008) to 65 sites (2009)
o Attendance increased 25%, from 3,600 (2008) to 4,500 (2009)
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Transfer Articulation
o Phase One went live on April 17, 2009
o Increased the number of transfer equivalencies from 3,008 (2008)
to 8,414 (2009)
North Carolina Transfer Patterns
10,000
9,000
8,000
7,000
Transfer From: UNC
6,000
Transfer From: Private Senior
5,000
Transfer From: Private Junior
Transfer From: NCCCS
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
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UNC
Private Senior
NCCCS
Student Transfers To:
Private Junior
Transfer Student Resources and Articulation
• Assist students in advance of enrolling in college
courses:
• Early college high school students
• Dual enrolled students
• Community College students
• Other potential transfer students
• Provide students with a report of how many credits will
transfer to any NC institution.
• Perform a degree audit to guide students on courses
needed to complete CAA Pre-Major Agreements
Transfer Student Navigator
• Provide students with a report of how courses will transfer between
all 110 North Carolina colleges and universities
• Partnership between NCCCS, NCICU, and UNC
• Perform a degree audit to guide students on pre major course work
that will need to be completed before they transfer
• System is as easy as 1, 2, 3
o Step 1: Create an academic history by selecting courses from
the Community College Course Catalog
o Step 2: Confirm selections
o Step 3: View an equivalence report that shows course by course
equivalence. Users can compare equivalence for 2 institutions
at a time
Partnership and Responsibilities
UNC-GA
Provide Course
& Equivalence
Data (UNCs)
NCCCS
NCICU
CFI
Provide Course
Data
Course &
Equivalence
Data
(Independents)
Host System
Provide Transfer
Articulation
System
Subject Matter
Experts
Application
Administration
Decision
Academic
Subject Matter
Experts
Subject Matter
Experts
System
Administrators
Project Leadership & Management
UNC-GA
Bruce Mallette
Sr. Associate VP of
Academic & Student
Affairs
David English
NCCCS
Dr. Delores
Parker
Sr. VP & Chief
Academic Officer
Van Wilson
NCICU
Hope Williams
CFI
Cliff Dillard
Decision
Academic
Leslie Kaufman
President, NCICU
VP Technology
Services
Director of
Professional
Services
Frances Fontaine
Sean McInerney
Camille
McCarthy
Director CFNC Tech.
& Internet Services
Assoc. VP of
Academic &
Student Services
Dir. Research &
Coll. Programs
CFNC Tech.
Support Manager
Monique
Williamson
NCCCS
NCICU
Marty Flournory
Subject Matter
Experts
Subject Matter
Experts
Web Development
Manager
Software
Development
Manager
CFI Subject
Matter Experts
DA
Development &
Support Team
Transfer Articulation
System Manager
UNC
Subject Matter
Experts
Implementation
Manager
Gavin Fortugno
Project Scope
Core System – Transfer Navigator
• Course Equivalence – NCCCS to UNCs
• Core administrative functions (manage user profiles, courses & equivalence)
Link to Admissions
• Link to application via CFNC
Course Equivalence
• Course Equivalence – NCCCS to NCICUs
• Course Equivalence – Four year to Four year
Batch Updates
• Mass system updates for courses & equivalences
Workflow & Transcripts
• Transfer Request Workflow
• Enhanced user management functions
• Enhanced authentication of students and electronic access of course history
Degree Audit
Phase 1 Release
Transfer Navigator
FUNCTIONALITY
• Search courses from all 58 NC Community
Colleges
• System Foundation
• Primary functions available
• Building block for additional scope
• General Availability - April 17, 2009
• Build an Academic History based on selected
courses
• View course equivalence for 1 or 2 of the 16
UNCs
• Saves Academic History
• Print Equivalence Report
• Single Sign On between CFNC and Transfer
Navigator
Student Transfer Navigator
Step 1 – Build Academic History
Step 1 – Build Academic History
Users can search for courses in the Community College Course Catalog and select
courses to build an Academic History.
Search for Courses
View Search
Results
Enter Grade and
Term Course
Taken
Step 2 – Confirm Selection
Step 2 – Confirm Selection
Review and
Modify
Information
Entered in Step 1
Step 3 – View Transfer Credits
Step 3 – View Transfer Credits
View Academic
History Courses
View
Equivalence Detail
Compare
Equivalence
Apply Online
Print Friendly Version
Statistics and
Results
CFNC.org Site Usage
2,794,677
user
accounts
10,000 visitors
online
applications
per day for an
average of
10 min
1,474,378
138,501
High school
transcripts
Questions?
David English
UNC-General Administration
919.843.5369
englishdj@northcarolina.edu