Northeast Ohio OACAC Articulation 2005 TwoYear College Update

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Northeast Ohio OACAC Articulation 2005Two-Year
College Update

• Ohios Colleges of First Choice

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Two-Year College Update

• Introductions Overview
• Why Students Choose Two-Year Colleges
• Transfer The Real Picture
• Associate Degree Preferred
• Highlights of Our Institutions
• Q A

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Who Attends Two-Year Colleges?

• 11.6 million students at more than 1,100
  community colleges
• 46 of all U.S. undergraduates
• 45 of first-time freshman
• 58 women, 42 men
• 62 part-time, 38 full-time

Source American Association of Community Colleges
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Which Ohioans Attend?

• 52 are first-generation college students
• Most work part-time or full-time while
  attending
• More than 70 receive some type of financial
  aid
• 46 are 25 years or older
• Almost 250,000 students enrolled in credit
  courses

Source American Association of Community Colleges
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More Students Attending
Source Market Penetration by Ohios Public
Independent Universities Colleges, Ohio Board
of Regents, 2001
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Why Do Students Choose Two-Year Colleges?

• Affordability
• Accessibility
• Transferability

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Affordability. . .

• Community college tuition fees/year
• Tri-C 2,300
• Lorain 2,307.50
• Lakeland 2,545.50

Four-year college tuition fees/year tuition
with room board BW 20,518 27,256 CSU 7,3
44 11,893.50 John Carroll 23,380 31,156 OU
8,235 15,921
Based on 15 credits per term, 30 per year
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Affordability . . .
Source Ohio Association of Community Colleges
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Two-year Campuses
Accessibility . . .
Ohio
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AccessibilityUnderstanding Open Admissions

• Students who apply will be admitted
• Must maintain academic standards
• NCA accreditation
• Concerned with the academic success
• Developmental studies
• Undecided students
• Selective programs with requirements
• Honors courses

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Will My Classes Transfer?
Yes! Because . . . TRANSFER IS EASY
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Transferability

• House Bill 95
• Creation of Ohio Transfer Module (OTM)
• Implementation of Course Applicability System
  (CAS)
• Development of Transfer Assurance Guides
  (TAGs)New!

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Transfer Module

• Foundation of articulation and transfer
• Specific subset of a colleges general education
  requirements
• Guaranteed transfer creditcompletion of the OTM
  at one state college or university automatically
  meets the same requirements at the receiving
  state institution
• Transfer of courses accepted in blocks OR
  individuallynew!

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Course Applicability System(CAS)

• Electronic advising system
• Legislation mandates that all campuses
  participate to the greatest extent
• Gives students articulation of courses
• www.transfer.org
• http//miami.transfer.org/cas/index.jsp

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Transfer Assurance Guides(TAGs)

• Groups of courses that represent a commonly
  accepted pathway to the Bachelors degree
• Courses/course sequences may be offered at any
  public higher education institution in Ohio
• Pathways will be offered in approximately 40
  different degree areas
• Guaranteed transfer and application of courses to
  a particular major
• http//www.regents.state.oh.us/tags/tags.html

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Other Transfer Resources

• Academic
• Transfer guides
• Advisors counselors

• Financial
• Need-based aid
• Scholarshipsinstitutional and national (e.g. Phi
  Theta Kappa)

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How Can High School Counselors Help With
Transfer?

• Urge high school students to contact their target
  four year college transfer counselor as soon as
  possible
• Suggest communication with the community college
  transfer counselor
• Tell students to plan for transfer in January of
  the year before they plan to transfer

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How Else Can Two-Year Colleges Benefit Students?
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Providing Academic Programs for Many
What are typical goals of two-year students?

• To earn a degree and start or continue a career.
• To transfer to a four-year college or university
  either before or after earning a degree.

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Applied Degrees and Certificates

• Nursing
• Business
• Radiologic Technology
• Computer Maintenance
• and Networking
• Software Development
• Electrical Engineering
• Entrepreneurship

• Massotherapy
• Travel Tourism
• Accounting
• Computer Information Systems
• Physical Therapy Assistance
• Corrections
• Police Science
• and more!

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AA/AS Transfer Majors

• Political Science
• Social Work
• Theater
• General Science
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Pre-engineering
• Psychology
• Urban Studies
• and more!

• Liberal Arts
• Computer Art
• Business
• History
• Media
• Music
• Fine Art
• Graphic Design
• Communication
• Journalism

• Mathematics
• Pre-dentistry
• Pre-med
• Pre-veterinary
• Sports Medicine
• Pre-pharmacy
• Biology
• Education
• Sociology
• Computer Science

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Student Success

• Students who move from Ohio's 2-year colleges to
  4-year universities have similar GPAs as 4-year
  students who began their education at 4-year
  schools.

Source Ohio Association of Community Colleges
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Student Success

The results clearly show that the performance of
two-year college students is virtually
indistinguishable from those attending four-year
institutions. -Ernest Pascarella

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Student Success

• 88 of Ohio associate degree graduates in 1999 -
  2003 were employed within the state in the year
  after their graduation, compared to 76 of all
  recent baccalaureate degree grads.

Source Ohio Association of Community Colleges
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Academic SuccessFinancial Success
Source Ohio Board of Regents 2004 Regents
Performance Report
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Student Success

• Academic Clubs
• Social Clubs
• Club Sports Intercollegiate Athletics
• Independent Research
• Study Abroad Opportunities
• Work-Based Learning Co-ops

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What Else Have We Been Up To?
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Associate Degree Preferredwww.ohiocc.org

• 23 technical community colleges
• Career and transfer programs
• Majors, degrees and certificates
• Admissions and financial aid contacts
  information
• Tuition fees
• PSEO requirements deadlines
• A great resource for your students!