Create streamlined credit-transfer pathways between two-year and four-year institutions to raise completions¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

Facing a college-completion crisis, states are using articulation agreements to build streamlined pathways through the post-secondary landscape. As the paper states, "states are exploring policy options to increase the number of graduates through increasing enrollments and reducing the number of students who leave school prior to earning a degree," and one such option is creating policies around transfer of credits and credentials between institutions.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Coordination between public two-year and public four-year institutions on credit and credential transfer policies

Constraints¶

• The paper presents this as a policy option states are exploring; whether it works is what the study set out to measure

Target Learners¶

• prospective and enrolled post-secondary students at risk of leaving without a degree

Target Learning Goals¶

• increased college enrollment
• reduced attrition prior to degree completion

Claims¶

• A study estimates the effects of statewide articulation agreement policies on college enrollment, associate degree attainment, and bachelor's degree attainment using IPEDS data and a Difference-in-Difference approach [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Offer multiple pathways to the early childhood credential, including integrated bachelor's, transfer articulation, postbaccalaureate, dual certification, and residency routes

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Greg King. (2019). A path to completion? The impacts of statewide articulation agreements on enrollment and attainment. NWEA Research white paper. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/a-path-to-completion-the-impacts-of-statewide-articulation-agreements-on-enrollment-and-attainment/