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Transfer of Credit
It's extremely common for students to lose many, even most of their credits when moving from a junior to a senior college. Inconsistent requirements and policies apparently designed to maximize tuition, rather than education, result in the highest costs for the students who can least afford it. The City University of New York (CUNY) is trying to create a uniform framework within which all of its schools will operate.
The central administration of New York's public colleges and universities is attempting to eliminate some of the barriers of transferring from community college to four year universities.
ACTA was the impetus behind the Department of Education study on the very subject of transfer credits. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan wrote to Anne Neal, saying:
[T]here are financial and human costs associated with restrictive college credit transfer policies. We share your interest in learning more about the extent of the problem and identifying conditions and interventions that advance student success.
Certainly, the quality of education should not be sacrificed for ease of transfer but these students should not run up against unnecessary barriers as they diligently continue their education. Confident that a satisfactory solution can be found, ACTA applauds the innovative efforts of CUNY.
Posted by Michael Pomeranz on April 22, 2011 at April 22, 2011 09:05 AM
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