CAS: Helping Students Successfully

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CAS Helping Students Successfully Experience
the Fit in the Transfer Process
A Presentation for the Illinois Association for
College Admission Counseling Sheri Kallembach,
Marilyn Marshall, and Daniel Cullen May 4, 2005
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Illinois CAS The Course Applicability System A
multi-institutional collaboration helping
Illinois transfer students Experience the
Fit http//www.transfer.org
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CAS is a tool to support Illinois transfer
students.
CAS is a free service to anyone interested in
learning either how courses will transfer from
one institution to another or the degree programs
institutions offer.
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CAS is an information-access tool.

• IAI a statewide articulation agreement
• CAS a tool to let users learn what IAI, and any
  other articulation agreements, signifies to
  individual students.

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Where is CAS?
CAS is in use in several states, and more are
considering adding CAS to their transfer student
support services.
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What is CAS?Basic Functions

• CAS Includes
• Academic Programs
• Course Equivalency Guides
• Academic Histories
• Planning Guides
• Student Services

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What is CAS?Academic Programs
Degree Programs Each member institution creates
a list of their degree programs and program
requirements. Users can learn what courses are
required for each degree program.
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What is CAS?Course Equivalency Guides
Course-to-Course Equivalencies Each member
institution maintains course equivalencies for
acceptability of courses at their institution.
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What is CAS?Academic Histories
Courses Taken (or Planned) Each member
institution loads their course inventory for
users to create and store their personal course
histories in CAS. These courses can then be
evaluated against the desired degree program.
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What is CAS?Planning Guides
Transfer Course Applicability (how courses apply)
Each member institution uses the combination of
the Course Equivalency Guide and the Academic
Program to show how a course will APPLY within
each degree program available in CAS.
Color-coded guide shows completed
requirements, outstanding requirements, courses
required, equivalent courses at the cross-listed
institution, and courses taken (as saved in Your
Courses).
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What is CAS?Student Services
Student Services at participating institutions
Each member institution can provide links to
additional information regarding services
available, such as Admission, Registration, and
Financial Aid.
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CAS Collaboration
CAS Sending institutions
Students transfer courses out toward a degree
elsewhere. Few incoming transfers earn a degree
here. CAS license NOT required.
CAS Receiving institutions
Students transfer courses in to earn a degree
here. Others may transfer out. Must have CAS
license.
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Institutions Responsibilities
CAS Sending institutions
Load course bank Market Participate in
committees CAS license NOT required.
CAS Receiving institutions
above plus Load academic programs Connect
articulation system Connect degree audit
system Must have CAS license.
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Who Should Use It?

• Community college students and those who advise
  them
• who know where they want to transfer and what
  their major will be.
• Use CAS to plan coursework at the sending
  institution that will apply to the baccalaureate
  degree.

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Who Should Use It?

• Any college and pre-college students and those
  who advise them
• who are exploring options.
• Use CAS to learn what degree programs are
  offered at participating institutions and the
  requirements of the program.
• These students can also be
• directed to IAI and iTransfer.

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Who Should Use It?

• Four-year college and university students and
  those who advise them
• who are enrolled at a CAS institution, but who
  are planning to complete courses at another
  institution.
• Use CAS to select the class(es) that will
  transfer and apply toward the degree.

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Who Should Use It?

• Pre-college students and those who advise them
• who are planning on earning a baccalaureate, and
  may take courses at more than one institution.
• Use CAS to select the classes at two- and
  four-year schools that apply toward one degree.

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CAS and IAI

• CAS works with IAI
• IAI course numbers can be displayed.

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CAS and IAI

• CAS works with IAI
• Illinois could set up CAS to inquire if students
  had completed the IAI GECC package. A yes
  answer could automatically trigger the Planning
  Guide to show that all general education
  requirements are satisfied.

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Illinois CAS Future

• Illinois CAS is busy!
• Coming Soon
• The State has funded the purchase of the CAS
  license and maintenance for
• Bradley University
• College of DuPage
• DePaul University
• Loyola University Chicago
• National-Louis University
• West Suburban College of Nursing
• Additional institutions will be adding CAS to the
  transfer student support services they offer.

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CAS Receiving Institutions

• NIU, UIC UIUC
• CAS is fully or very nearly fully implemented,
  including Planning Guides.
• Bradley, CSU, COD, DePaul, UIS, WSCN
• Implementation coming soon.
• EIU, ISU, NEIU, SIUC, WIU
• Course Equivalency Guides and other information.
• GSU, Loyola, National-Louis, SIUE
• Planning is underway.

COD CSU DePaul GSU Loyola National-Louis NEIU UIC
WSCN
NIU
Bradley
ISU
WIU
UIUC
UIS
EIU
SIU-E
SIU-C
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Illinois Public and Non-Public Two-Year Colleges

• MacCormac College
• McHenry County College
• Moraine Valley Community College
• Morton College
• Oakton Community College
• Parkland College
• Prairie State College
• Rend Lake College
• Richland Community College
• Rock Valley College
• Carl Sandburg College
• Sauk Valley Community College
• Shawnee Community College
• South Suburban College
• Southeastern Illinois College
• Southwestern Illinois College
• Spoon River College
• Triton College
• Waubonsee Community College

• Black Hawk College
• City Colleges of Chicago
• Danville Area Community College
• Elgin Community College
• William Rainey Harper College
• Heartland Community College
• Highland Community College
• Illinois Central College
• Illinois Eastern Community Colleges
• Illinois Valley Community College
• Joliet Junior College
• Kankakee Community College
• Kaskaskia College
• Kishwaukee College
• College of Lake County
• Lake Land College
• Lewis Clark Community College
• Lincoln Land Community College
• John A. Logan College

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Illinois CAS Project

• Advisors and counselors at more than 25 community
  colleges and 4 senior institutions have received
  CAS training.
• Course banks have been loaded for most community
  colleges, as well as several senior institutions.
• More than 6,000 CAS accounts have been
  established alreadya number that grows daily.

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Create an Account
Creating an account is fast, easy, and free!
Experience the Fit
Create a CAS account for yourself and start
setting up accounts with students.
Start using CAS now to help students reach their
goals!
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Contacts
Illinois CAS Coordinator Daniel Cullen University
of Illinois dcullen_at_uillinois.edu 217.244.0931 Il
linois CAS Project Co-Coordinators Sheri
Kallembach Northern Illinois University skallembac
h_at_niu.edu 815.753.1747 Marilyn
Marshall University of Illinois mmmurphy_at_uillinois
.edu 217.333.3079
Illinois CAS Project resources available at
http//www.ibhe.org/CAS