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Explore the legislative impacts shaping advising services for Fall 2012, including General Education guidelines, Transfer Policies, and College Readiness Indicators in higher education.
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Legislative Impacts on Advisingfor Fall 2012 Sylvia S. Gaiko Larry Snyder Freida Eggleton Marvin Daniel LaBrisha McKinney Sharon Hunter
Introduction • HB 160 • General Education (Larry) • Transfer Policy on Transcripts (Freida) • TES (LaBrisha) • KnowHow2Transfer (Sylvia) • SB 1 • College Readiness Indicators (Sharon)
Transcript (Freida Eggleton) • Fully General Education Certified: completed the WKU General Education requirements (AA or AS – not AAS). • Core Certified: completed all the categories for a total of 30 hours. • Category Certified: completed at least one but not all of the categories. • Course Code: Completed any of the coded general education courses (WC, OC, AH, SB, NS, SL).
Transfer Evaluation System (TES)(LaBrisha McKinney & Marvin Daniel) • Website: http://tes.collegesource.com • TES usage: • 5,000 Colleges • 63,000 Catalogs • 53 million courses • KY public Higher Education institutions • For access contact: labrisha.mckinney@wku.edu
KnowHow2Transfer • http://www.knowhow2transfer.org/ • Course Transfer • Pathways to Bachelor degrees • AP/CLEP • Developmental
College Readiness Coursework • Course work required to be completed in the first academic year with a grade of “C” or better. • Enrollment consecutively until complete • Preregistration will enroll students into the appropriate courses – Math will now be preregistered.
College Readiness Coursework • English – DENG 055 – ENG 100 • Reading – • DRDG 80C – ACT Reading Score below 18 • LTCY 199 (Supplemental not developmental) • ACT Reading Score of 18 or 19 • Must be enrolled in a heavy reading course • Heavy Reading Courses: • SOCL 100, SOC 100C • PSY 100, PSYC 100 • HIST 119, HIS 119C • HIST 120, HIS 120C; • BIOL 113, BIO 113C • PS 110, POLS 110C
Development Coursework • Math • Students are placed depending upon the major requirements. • Majors Requiring Algebra • Placement Flow Chart
What’s New? • Eliminated the College Readiness (CM) Hold • “RD” Registration Type – College Readiness, AARC & Cornerstone • Encouraging enrollment in a maximum of two CR courses the first semester (not all 3) – Areas of Greatest Need • Expiration of math placement exam scores (MPE/KYOTE/COMPASS/ACCUPLACER) yearly for students who have not successfully completed their college level math course. • Students will receive an email • Notifying them that their scores will expire • Asking them to register for math during advanced registration if they do not wish to take the MPE again.
Resources Available • College Readiness website (Live this week) • New Advisor in UC (coming soon) • REAL advisors • Transfer plans on WKU website: • http://www.wku.edu/academicaffairs/pd/transfer_students.php • Special links for BGTC, OCTC, ECTC and KCTS
Questions???? Thank You all for Your Help!