1. UPDATE: Comprehensive Articulation Agreement Faculty Assembly Meeting Friday, October 25, 2013

2. 1990s: Multiple Bilateral Transfer Agreements – 16 university catalogs X 58 community college catalogs – Transfer agreements tended to be between local institutions – Students complained about transfer barriers, both among community colleges and between community colleges and universities Action: – In 1995, HB 739 required the UNC BOG and the State Board of Community Colleges to develop a plan for the transfer of credits between the institutions of the NCCCS and the constituent institutions of UNC. – Instructed the State Board of Community Colleges to implement common course descriptions for all community college programs by June 1, 1997. History of the CAA

3. Why are we revising the CAA? Legislative mandate No changes in 16 years Review courses in CCL Course alignment Are we (Universities) adhering to the CAA

4. Legislative Mandate: House Bill 903 Approved – June 12, 2013 BOGs shall require each institution to adhere fully to the CAA…that addresses transfer of courses, academic credit and admission of transfer students UNC & NCCCS shall conduct biannual joint review of the CAA…to ensure it’s fair, current and relevant…finding will be given to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee Biannual Report starting November 1 st Advising tool will be jointly developed to assist students/parents/faculty

5. Combined Course Library (CCL) Currently have 642 courses 125 are being proposed to discontinue due to no/low enrollment (less than 25 students), courses that haven’t been taught in a while

6. CAA Review Joint Steering Committee Marilyn SheererEast Carolina University Jon YoungFayetteville State University Joan LordenUNC-Charlotte Keith MackieCatawba Valley Community College Lisa ChapmanCentral Carolina Community College Kristi SnuggsEdgecombe Community College J. W. KelleyRandolph Community College

7. UNC Disciplinary Team Meetings UNC/CC Joint Disciplinary Team Meetings – 204 UNC Faculty participated – 106 community college GEC courses reviewed – 56 community college faculty participated – 41 common GEC courses identified UNC Participation in the Process

8. Pre-Major discussions – 109 UNC campus representatives Business Administration Criminal Justice Social Work Biology Elementary Education Middle Grade Education – Currently collecting pre-major information from Psychology Communications English History Political Science UNC Participation in the Process

9. CURRENT CAAREVISED CAA Changes to the REVISED CAA AA/AS – 64 credit hours – Must graduate from NCCCS with an AA or AS degree – Must have an overall GPA of at least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale – Must have a grade of “C” or better in all CAA courses The NCCCS Student Applying to UNC: – Guaranteed admission to one of the 16 universities but not to a specific UNC campus or specific major – Has fulfilled the lower-division general education requirements of the UNC campus to which the student is admitted – Will receive at least 64 semester hours of credit upon admission to the UNC campus and transfer with “Junior Status” AA/AS – 60 credit hours – Must graduate from NCCCS with an AA or AS degree – Must have an overall GPA of at least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale – Must have a grade of “C” or better in all CAA courses The NCCCS Student Applying to UNC: – Guaranteed admission to one of the 16 universities but not to a specific UNC campus or specific major – Has fulfilled lower-division general education requirements of the UNC campus to which the student is admitted – Will receive at least 60 semester hours of credit upon admission to the UNC campus and transfer with “Junior Status”

10. Universal General Education Transfer Component

11. Associate in Art (AA)Associate in Science (AS) NEW Curriculum Standard Associate in Arts Associate in Science English – 6 (sch) Humanities/Arts – 9 (sch) Social/Behavioral Science – 9 (sch) Mathematics – 3-4 (sch) Natural Science – 4 (sch) Additional GEC hours – 13- 14 (sch) Other Required hours – 15 (sch) English – 6 (sch) Humanities/Arts – 6 (sch) Social/Behavioral Science – 6 (sch) Mathematics – 4 (sch) Natural Science – 8 (sch) Additional GEC hours – 15 (sch) Other Required hours – 15 (sch)

12. Next Steps Campus vetting CAA and AA/AS Curriculum Standards Joint UNC/Community College Faculty meeting – October 30th, 2013 Feedback from UNC and community colleges due to system offices – December 2, 2013 Drs. Suzanne Ortega and Sharon Morrissey/TAC/CAA Review Steering Committee will review campus feedback and make final changes Joint TAC/CAA Review Steering Cmt meeting – December 12, 2013 Final CAA document prepared for Board distribution – December 18, 2013 Board of Governors Meeting – Review & Discussion – January 9-10, 2014 State Board of Community College Meeting – Review & Discussion – January 17, 2014 Joint Board of Governors and State Board of Community College Meeting – February 2014 CAA Information sessions – scheduled in March and April (locations at both universities and community colleges)…more information to come

13. Questions