The General Education Transfer Policy and Implementation
Guidelines ~ Revised Policy 2012 ~
The Statewide Transfer Committee and staff of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education performed a review of state policy and implementation guidelines facilitating the transfer of credits between public colleges and universities in the Commonwealth. Through this process a series of recommendations for improvement of the statewide transfer policy and implementation guidelines were developed. The Council of Chief Academic Officers met April 2011 to discuss the policy, and they support these recommendations. Upon approval by the Council on Postsecondary Education (June 2011), the policy will take effect fall semester 2012. The Statewide Transfer Committee and the Statewide General Education Taskforce are charged with the implementation and annual review of the revised policy.
The following guidelines reflect approved updates to the General Education Transfer Policy and Implementation Guidelines (2004). The spirit of the original policy – emphasizing the professional integrity of all public institutions in the acceptance of general education coursework between institutions – remains a key element of the revised policy. The updated General Education Transfer Policy and Implementation Guidelines (2012) will be in effect for all students admitted for the fall semester 2012.
KRS 164.2951(2) states, The Council on Postsecondary Education, in collaboration with the public universities and community and technical colleges, shall:
Facilitate the development and implementation of a statewide agreement for alignment of Kentucky Community and Technical College lower-division associate of arts and associate of science coursework that shall be accepted and fully credited to related bachelors degree programs by all public universities. The agreement shall specify the general education learning outcomes and program-specific prerequisite learning outcomes of the coursework. Where applicable curricula shall be reviewed to determine comparability of core content standards required under KRS164.302. The agreement shall direct that the associate of arts and associate of science coursework meeting the learning outcomes specified shall be accepted for transfer and degree credit, whether earned as individual courses or within block programs;
Guarantee that, upon admission to a public university, graduates of an associate of arts or an associate of science degree program approved by the council in consultation with the public universities shall be deemed to have met all general education requirements; Guidelines for Implementation of the General Education Transfer Policy
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