Redlyne Racer
07-25-2005, 12:14 AM
ACCSCT has issued a new document entitled “Transfer of Credit – A Policy Agenda.” This white paper puts forth a policy agenda for the transfer of credit issues and targets the accrediting community, higher education associations and state and federal laws and regulations.
http://www.accsct.org/resource/resource_bull_docs/transfer_wp.pdf
"Students who choose career and technical educational options should be given every opportunity to expand their horizons and to participate in the lifelong learning and continuing education goals which are important societal aspects of the new American marketplace. Thus, polices in the American higher education system – such as the transfer-of-credit policy agenda described herein – are in need of change to bring about these desired results. The current transfer-of-credit policies of many regionally accredited institutions are arbitrary and discriminatory – particularly toward students who choose career and technical education options – and serve more the perceived economic needs of those institutions as opposed to the real needs of students."
The foregoing seems particularly topical given the spate of class action lawsuits against ACCSCT accredited schools by students unable to transfer credits to RA schools. E.g., Crown College, Florida Metropolitan U.
http://www.lundahlaw.com/crowncollege/
http://www.accsct.org/resource/resource_bull_docs/transfer_wp.pdf
"Students who choose career and technical educational options should be given every opportunity to expand their horizons and to participate in the lifelong learning and continuing education goals which are important societal aspects of the new American marketplace. Thus, polices in the American higher education system – such as the transfer-of-credit policy agenda described herein – are in need of change to bring about these desired results. The current transfer-of-credit policies of many regionally accredited institutions are arbitrary and discriminatory – particularly toward students who choose career and technical education options – and serve more the perceived economic needs of those institutions as opposed to the real needs of students."
The foregoing seems particularly topical given the spate of class action lawsuits against ACCSCT accredited schools by students unable to transfer credits to RA schools. E.g., Crown College, Florida Metropolitan U.
http://www.lundahlaw.com/crowncollege/