Roundtable for
Independent Institutions
Compagno Room
Amy Simmons, University of Redlands
Facilitator
What do Articulation Officers and
Astronauts have in common?
Acronyms!
Do we understand what‘s going on?
• Can we follow the conversation about
implementation of SB 1440?
• Do we understand what SB 1440 is?
• How will we, as private institutions, use the
tools implemented by CSU and CCC Academic
Senates to comply with SB 1440?
LAO Progress Report, May 11, 2012
SB 1440 background
According to www.sb1440.org:
The Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act (SB 1440 – Padilla),
signed into legislation on September 29, 2010, enables the California
Community Colleges and California State University to collaborate on
the creation of Associate in Arts Degree (AA) and Associate in Science
(AS) Degree transfer programs.
Implementation began in the 2010-2011 academic year.
What is TMC?
• In response to SB1440, CCC and CSU Academic
Senates decided to create statewide Transfer
Model Curricula (TMC) for a number of the
most commonly transferred majors.*
*LAO Progress Report, May 11, 2012
Approved Transfer Model Curricula
Figure 2
Approved Transfer Model Curricula
As of March 30, 2012
Discipline
Date Approved
Communication Studies
Psychology
Sociology
Mathematics
Administration of Justice
Early Childhood Education
Geology
History
Physics
Theatre
Art History
Business Administration
English
Kinesiology
Political Science
Studio Arts
Music
Elementary Education
Geography
Journalism
Spanish
January 2011
January 2011
January 2011
March 2011
May 2011
May 2011
May 2011
May 2011
May 2011
May 2011
June 2011
June 2011
June 2011
June 2011
June 2011
June 2011
February 2012
March 2012
Approved since March, 2012
More TMC’s “in the queue”
LAO Progress Report, May 11, 2012
What is C-ID?
• C-ID is a supranumbering system being
developed to ease the transfer and
articulation burdens in California’s higher
educational institutions (www.c-id.net)
The birth of a course C-ID
•
Descriptors include basic information about the
course, such as the topics that are covered, the
knowledge and skills that students should be able
to demonstrate as a result of taking it (course
objectives), how students are evaluated (such as
through essay exams and research papers), and
sample textbooks or other instructional materials
that are commonly used.
•
Once a descriptor is fully vetted by faculty, it is
given a unique course identifier. ("College
Algebra," for example, is designated C–ID MATH
150.)
•
Courses that match a particular descriptor are
assigned that same C–ID course identifier. (So
regardless of a local college's course number, a
math course at a community college that matches
the College Algebra descriptor would also carry
the additional designation of C–ID MATH 150.
•
Under the leadership of the Academic Senates of
CCC and CSU, between October 2010 and March
2012, over 1,000 CCC and CSU faculty have
participated in meetings across the state as part
of the effort to develop TMC. The 18 TMC that
have been approved thus far are the product of
tens of thousands of hours of faculty time.
LAO Progress Report, May 11, 2012
The birth of an AS-T
• TMC’s are used to design AS-T’s
• College of the Desert was the first to receive
approval of a program in March, 2011
• Pasadena City College, as of March 2012 had
the most programs in the state: 13
• Participation and progress among CCC’s in
creating AS-T’s is mixed
LAO Progress Report, May 11, 2012
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR
PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS?
Private institutions serve a
large number of transfer
students from CCC’s.
Approximately 1/6 of CCC
transfer students chose instate private institutions, so
upwards of 18,700 students
transferred to our institutions
in 2010-2011 academic year.
LAO Progress Report, May 11, 2012
How do privates use this information?
1. Do private institutions have dedicated
articulation officers?
2. With the creation of C-ID, do private institutions
accept courses from any CA CCC containing a
given C-ID?
3. Are private institutions working toward
accepting AS-T’s for transfer students?
4. How is the institution’s academic integrity
safeguarded if it is accepting C-ID’s and AS-T’s?
An articulation topic for future
discussion…
Are you an SOC school? To become one, submit your courses to
the DNS.
ORTo become a Servicemembers Opportunity College, submit your
courses to the Degree Network System.
This program allows servicemembers to understand what courses
taken at one member institution transfer to other institutions in
Guaranteed-Transfer Networks.
For further information: http://www.soc.aascu.org/Default.html
Resources
• www.lao.ca.gov/reports- Legislative Analyst’s
Office.
• www.C-ID.net Web site for the course
identifying numbering system
• http://www.ccccurriculum.net Everything
about associate degrees for transfer
• http://www.aiccu.edu Association for
Independent California Colleges and
Universities
Amy Simmons, Publication and Degree Audit Specialist
amy_simmons@redlands.edu