Credit Transfer and Student Mobility in the BC Transfer System: Principles, Research, and Practice Dr. Rob Fleming Executive Director & Co-Chair Provincial Councils Panel Moncton, New Brunswick October 20-21, 2014 bccat.ca bctransferguide.ca educationplanner.ca

 25 years of Council as an “arms-length” agency  25 BC public, 2 out of province, 11 private institution members  All send and receive credits through BCCAT’s Transfer Credit Evaluation System  67 province-wide articulation committees  In ,000+ students moved between BC public institutions  100s of thousands of credits recognized annually BC Transfer System: Enabling Features 2,100+ BC Transfer System institution programs Student advising and career resources Pathways planning tools 100,000+ course, 900+ block, 50+ dual admission agreements and IB/AP Pathways Articulation Information Centre Automated online service 2

 Fairness  Treat transfer students the same as direct entry students  Transfer principles, membership, grades, admissions  Understanding  Collaborate with peers (faculty, staff, administrators) across autonomous institutions and sectors to facilitate credit transfer articulation  Articulation committees and transfer credit evaluation system (TCES)  Transparency  Provide public, guaranteed information and practices on credit transfer  BCTransferGuide.ca, EducationPlanner.ca and institutional websites  Trust  Conduct ongoing research on transfer credit practices and student success  Research program, system collaboration, and reciprocal accountability 3 General Principles and Perspective

 Student Performance Reports  Transfer Satisfaction and Success  Admissions and Transfer Practices  Student Transitions Project (STP) 4 BC Transfer System Research “It seems unlikely... that another entity would have the credibility that BCCAT has enjoyed with the institutions.... It seems safe to conclude that... the issues... would not have been addressed had the Council not existed.” Waterhouse, An Assessment of BCCAT Research

BC Research on Transfer Students  BC transfer students... are just as successful at university as are direct entrants, and have the grades to prove it Lambert-Maberly (2009), BC College Transfer Students Admitted to UBC ... transfer students are able to graduate with approximately the same number of credits as secondary school students.... Pendleton (2011), Credits to Graduation 94% of respondents were successful in transferring at least some of their credits. 73% received all or most credit completed. 5

Source: Student Transitions Project 6 BC Trends in Student Mobility Annual Rates and Volume of Student Mobility in Public PSI’s Annual Volume of Student Mobility Across in Public PSI Sectors

 Transfer and Mobility Research  International Student Survey  Transfer Credit Volume Data  Performance Reports  Admissions Pathways from HS  Academic Credit  Learner Pathways and Quality Assurance  Credential Guidelines  Academic Advising  Inter-provincial Transfer and Credential Recognition  Learning Outcomes, Dual Credit, Experiential Learning BCCAT: Some Priorities 7 “British Columbia has taken the California model and developed it into... possibly the most extensive credit accumulation and transfer arrangement in the world.” Bekhradnia, Higher Education Policy Institute, UK