Illinois Articulation Initiative

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Illinois Articulation Initiative

• Phase 4

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Illinois Articulation InitiativeProgram Revisions

• Todays Agenda
• Major Panels
• General Education Core Curriculum Panels
• Institutions responsibilities
• Board Staff Duties
• Transfer of Incomplete GECC
• New Transfer Web Portal iTransfer.org

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Major Panel Revisions

• Major Panels will no longer review/approve
  courses
• Major Panels will continue to make
  recommendations related to foundational
  preparation
• Major Panels will serve an advisory role to
  boards on discipline-related issues
• Panels will be renamed (Illinois History Advisory
  Committee)

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GECC Panel Revisions

• Institutions will identify process for faculty to
  verify appropriateness and completeness of
  submissions
• Institutions will inform Board Staff of the
  nature of the process
• Board Staff will screen submissions and work with
  IAI Institutional Contacts to clarify any issues
• Shorten turn-around time on submissions

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Course Submission Route
New Step
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Revised Submission Form

• One size fits all
• Please begin using the new form immediately

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Transfer of Incomplete GECC

• Under certain circumstances, institutions should
  offer
• transfer students the option of satisfying
  lower-division
• general education requirements by completing a
  GECC
• curriculum while enrolled in the receiving
  institution.
• When the transfer student has completed a
  statewide articulated associate degree such as
  the AFA, AES, AAT or
• When the transfer student has completed 30
  semester hours of transfer credit without having
  completed the GECC.

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iTransfer.org

• Revisions to the site
• Archiving of database information
• Use of IAI Major Numbers