1. Articulation Agreements: Coming or Going May 29, 2015 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.

2. Articulation Agreements May 29, 2015 Presented by Desiree Polk-Bland and Sarah Lathrop from Columbus State Community College Documents, samples and links will be available on the Ohio Transfer Council Website

3.  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 Goals of this Presentation

4. 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)

5. Coming to the college  Career-Technical Articulation  College Credit Plus (CC+)  Credit by Examination –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 Ways to Earn College Credit Prior to “Attending” College

6.  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 Career-Technical Articulation

7. Coming to the College  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", "post- secondary enrollment", or "concurrent enrollment" is all part of the College Credit Plus (CC+) legislation. College Credit Plus (CC+)

8. Coming to the College CLEP 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 DSST credit-by-exam originated by the United States Department of Defense's Defense Activity for Non- Traditional Education Support (DANTES) program that allow testing candidates to earn credit for college courses by taking and passing comprehensive subject exams AP 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 IB The International Baccalaureate is an international program of courses and examinations offered at the high school level. Credit by Examination

9.  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.  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.  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 Military Credit

10. Coming to the College  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. Prior Learning Assessment

11. Coming to the College  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. College Transfer Credit

12. Going From the College – aka University Transfer and Articulation  (9) Preferred Pathway Partners  32 Institutional Agreements  5 Limited Institutional Agreements

13.  Institutional Agreement  Program to Program Memo  Equivalency Tables  Four Year Plan of Study University Transfer and Articulation Standard Documents Other Support Pieces  Routing form for signatures/circulation  Articulation Communication Distribution Group  Shared Documents

14. 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

15. Questions

16. 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

17. Contact Information Desiree Polk-Bland Dean of Advising and Student Support 614.287.2060 – dpolkbla@cscc.edudpolkbla@cscc.edu Sarah Lathrop Project Specialist, University Transfer and Articulation 614.287.2236 – slathrop@cscc.eduslathrop@cscc.edu