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2016 Indiana Code
TITLE 21. HIGHER EDUCATION
ARTICLE 42. STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: TRANSFER OF ACADEMIC CREDITS
CHAPTER 6. TRANSFER OF CREDIT AGREEMENTS; ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS


Download as PDF IC 21-42-6 Chapter 6. Transfer of Credit Agreements; Articulation Agreements IC 21-42-6-1 Expired (As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.283. Expired 7-1-2014 by P.L.120-2013, SEC.7.) IC 21-42-6-2 Expired (As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.283. Expired 7-1-2014 by P.L.120-2013, SEC.8.) IC 21-42-6-3 Expired (As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.283. Expired 7-1-2014 by P.L.120-2013, SEC.9.) IC 21-42-6-4 Single articulation pathways Sec. 4. (a) Each state educational institution, in collaboration with the commission for higher education, shall, not later than July 1, 2014, work together to create a single articulation pathway for each programmatic area specified in subsection (b)(2), and implement the single articulation pathways not later than May 15, 2015, for students entering state educational institutions in the fall of 2015. (b) The state educational institutions, in collaboration with the commission for higher education, shall: (1) determine the programmatic areas in which to develop single articulation pathways to degrees; (2) develop single articulation pathways for programmatic areas in which significant numbers of students may first obtain an associate of science or an associate of arts degree with the intent of obtaining a related baccalaureate degree; and (3) take into account emerging innovations in technology and practices implemented by the state educational institutions from which a student transfers. (c) The single articulation pathways must: (1) incorporate the statewide transfer general education core developed under IC 21-42-3-2; (2) match complementary competencies and learning outcomes for both associate and baccalaureate degrees; (3) allow a student who completes an associate degree for which a single articulation pathway has been developed to: (A) pursue a single, common curriculum in a particular programmatic area that will articulate, without alteration, with related baccalaureate degrees at all four (4) year state Indiana Code 2016 educational institutions that offer the baccalaureate degrees; and (B) apply all the credits earned for the student's associate degree toward the related baccalaureate degree so that the student may begin the baccalaureate degree as a junior status student; and (4) be developed after consultation with employers regarding the competencies and learning outcomes considered especially important for successful careers and employment. As added by P.L.120-2013, SEC.10. IC 21-42-6-5 Implementation and monitoring of single articulation pathways Sec. 5. The state educational institutions, in collaboration with the commission for higher education, shall monitor the implementation of the single articulation pathways created under section 4 of this chapter. As added by P.L.120-2013, SEC.11. IC 21-42-6-6 Publicizing of single articulation pathways Sec. 6. The commission for higher education and each state educational institution shall publicize by all appropriate means, including publication on the Internet web site of the commission for higher education and the Internet web site of each state educational institution, the availability of and requirements for the completion of a degree through a single articulation pathway created under section 4 of this chapter. As added by P.L.120-2013, SEC.12. IC 21-42-6-7 Single articulation pathways; communications task force Sec. 7. The commission for higher education shall convene a task force of representatives from each state educational institution to establish mechanisms to facilitate effective communication: (1) among state educational institutions; and (2) of accurate, consistent information to students and parents; about single articulation pathways created under section 4 of this chapter. The initial mechanisms developed under this section must be implemented not later than July 1, 2015. As added by P.L.120-2013, SEC.13. IC 21-42-6-8 Single articulation pathways; reports Sec. 8. Not later than July 1, 2016, and by July 1 of each subsequent year, each state educational institution shall provide data driven reports to the commission for higher education concerning the performance of transfer students who are graduates with an associate Indiana Code 2016 degree at the state educational institution in single articulation pathways created under section 4 of this chapter. As added by P.L.120-2013, SEC.14. Indiana Code 2016

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