Articulation Agreements: Coming or Going
Presented by Desiree Polk-Bland and Sarah Lathrop
from Columbus State Community College
Whether you are coming to or going from Columbus State,
articulation agreements can provide a clear path to help students
achieve their goals. In this session, we will look agreements that
support high school students and their transition into the college.
We will also look at agreements that support students and their
transition to a bachelor degree. You will have the opportunity to ask
questions, as well as receive materials and documents that will
provide good examples for your institutions.
May 29, 2015
Documents, samples and links will
be available on the
Ohio Transfer Council Website
Articulation
Agreements
Presented by Desiree Polk-Bland and Sarah
Lathrop from Columbus State Community College
May 29, 2015
Goals of this
Presentation
 Explore ‘Incoming’ Articulation
 Explore ‘Outgoing’ Articulation
 Discuss lessons learned based on our experiences
 Answer questions you might have
 Lastly, provide you with some tangible items you can
take away and use at your institutions
Columbus State
Community College
Enrollment: 24,664
Average Class Size: 19 students
Degrees offered:
Associate of Arts (AA)
Associate of Science (AS)
Associate of Applied Science (AAS)
Associate of Technical Studies (ATS)
Coming to the college
Ways to Earn College Credit Prior to “Attending” College
 Career-Technical Articulation
 College Credit Plus (CC+)
 Credit by Examination
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Advanced Placement Exams (AP)
International Baccalaureate Exams (IB)
College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)
DSST (formerly DANTES Subject Standardized Tests)
 Military Credit
 Prior Learning Assessment
 College Transfer Credit
Coming to the College
Career-Technical Articulation
 The Career-Technical model is a seamless pathway for
a student to gain technical skills and competence in
high school and then allows for the student to articulate
their high school work to college credit.
 Columbus State recognizes the work of the schools
and their graduates by offering articulation agreements
for their program graduates that come to Columbus
State to pursue their education.
 Sample Bilateral Articulation Agreements are
included in your packet.
Coming to the College
College Credit Plus (CC+)
 Columbus State Community College (CSCC) is proud
to partner with over 50 high schools in the Central Ohio
area to create pathways from high school to college
that encourage qualified young people to earn dual
credit (high school and college credit) while they are
still in high school.
 As of the 2015-2016 academic year, the Ohio Board of
Regents requires that districts and colleges work
together to offer college course work that will result in
transcripted college and high school credit. What you
may have known before as "dual enrollment", "postsecondary enrollment", or "concurrent enrollment" is all
part of the College Credit Plus (CC+) legislation.
Coming to the College
Credit by Examination
CLEP
DSST
AP
IB
• credit-by-exam
program
developed by
the College
Board that allow
testing
candidates to
earn credit for
college courses
by taking and
passing
comprehensive
subject exams
• credit-by-exam
originated by the
United States
Department of
Defense's
Defense Activity
for NonTraditional
Education
Support
(DANTES)
program that
allow testing
candidates to
earn credit for
college courses
by taking and
passing
comprehensive
subject exams
• credit-by-exam
program for high
school students
developed by
the College
Board that allow
testing
candidates to
earn credit for
college courses
by taking and
passing
comprehensive
subject exams
• The
International
Baccalaureate is
an international
program of
courses and
examinations
offered at the
high school
level.
Coming to the College
Military Credit

U.S. Armed Forces or National Guard, training, experience and/or
coursework may translate to college credit. All training, experience, and
coursework must first be recognized by the American Council on
Education (ACE) or a regional accrediting body, such as the Higher
Learning Commission (HLC), in order to be eligible to earn college credit.
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To receive college credit for military service, students must request that a
Joint Service Transcript be sent to Columbus State. College transcript
evaluators generally award generic college credit for military service.
– Students can however contact the academic department to apply for
credit toward specific courses. For example, you could be awarded
general credit in Computer Information Technology, but contact the
Computer Information Technology department to get credit for CIT
215.
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Military Transfer Assurance Guides (MTAGs) provide a statewide
guarantee that certain types of military training, experience, and/or
coursework align to existing college and university courses and will be
awarded appropriate credit. The Ohio Board of Regents (OBR) will
update state approved MTAGs.
Coming to the College
Prior Learning Assessment
 Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) is evaluation of
learning acquired outside of the college. It is available
to students whose documented life experiences
provide evidence of knowledge equivalent to that
required in a given course.
 Students typically need to prepare a portfolio
documenting the prior learning for a particular course.
– The portfolio needs to include evidence that the student
has the knowledge and skills, which match the outcomes
which are identified for a particular CSCC course.
– Applying for prior learning assessment and preparing a
portfolio does not guarantee that credit will be awarded.
Coming to the College
College Transfer Credit
 Many students start somewhere else, then transfer to
Columbus State to take advantage of our small class
sizes, low tuition, or simply to be closer to home.
 Columbus State welcomes new students transferring
from many colleges and universities.
– Students must submit official college transcripts (sealed,
unopened) as soon as possible to allow our Records and
Registration Department sufficient time to evaluate your
transcripts.
Going From the College –
aka University Transfer
and Articulation
 (9) Preferred Pathway Partners
 32 Institutional Agreements
 5 Limited Institutional Agreements
University Transfer
and Articulation
Standard Documents
 Institutional Agreement
 Program to Program Memo
 Equivalency Tables
 Four Year Plan of Study
Other Support Pieces
 Routing form for signatures/circulation
 Articulation Communication Distribution Group
 Shared Documents
University Transfer
and Articulation
 Partner Advisory Board
 Time on Campus
– Visiting Advisors in the University Transfer Center
– University Visits in high traffic areas on campus
– Annual Transfer Fair
– Partner Destination Days
 Online Tools
– Transfer Database
– Transfer Wiki
– Transfer Learning Communities
– Google Calendars
Questions
Takeaways
 Incoming
– Visiting Advisors in the University Transfer Center
– University Visits in high traffic areas on campus
– Annual Transfer Fair
 Outgoing
– Standard Documents
– Samples
– Links to Online Resources
Documents, samples and links will
be available on the Ohio Transfer
Council Website
Contact Information
Desiree Polk-Bland
Dean of Advising and Student Support
614.287.2060 – dpolkbla@cscc.edu
Sarah Lathrop
Project Specialist, University Transfer and Articulation
614.287.2236 – slathrop@cscc.edu