1. Colorado’s Master Plan: New Laws, Policies, & Initiatives for Degree Completion
RMACRAO Annual Meeting – July 16, 2015
Carl Einhaus – Director of Student Affairs
Ian K. Macgillivray - Director of Academic Affairs Maia Blom – Academic Policy Officer

2. Guided
Meandering pathways to debt.
success.

3. Guided Pathways for Success
gtPathways Curriculum
Statewide Transfer Articulation Agreements / Degrees with Designation
Pre-Engineering Transfer Agreements
Transfer Guides
Into any baccalaureate degree
RN to BSN

4. Prior Learning Assessment (PLA)
Credit Applied to Gen Ed & Electives
Standard, statewide cut scores for AP, IB, CLEP & DSST exams
Test-out exams for all Gen Ed categories
Portfolio Assessment
Credit Applied to Major
Institutions set cut scores for AP, IB, CLEP & DSST based on student success data
Fees, Reporting, Transcripting & Communicating

5. Math Pathways
Gateway math course based on meta major (a group of programs with similar core requirements)
Connect meta major to pathways and programs of study:
CalcPath – STEM and majors that require Calculus
StatPath – often Social & Behavioral Sciences
QuanThinkingPath – often Arts & Humanities
Advisors help student select appropriate math for pathway.
College Algebra should not be the default math course.

6. Dual Enrollment (Concurrent Enrollment)
Students encouraged to enroll in:
gtPathways courses
Appropriate gateway math course:
Career and Technical Education (Cert, AGS, AAS)
Math for the Liberal Arts – Arts & Humanities
Introduction to Statistics – Soc/Behav Sciences
College Algebra – STEM, Business, other
Will apply to intended degree/certificate (ICAP!)

7. Co-Requisite Dev Ed (aka Supplemental Academic Instruction or SAI)
The old model of remedial ed doesn’t work.
Students with “limited academic deficiency” get placed into credit-bearing English & Math with SAI.
It works! Ask:
Aims, CCCS, MSU Denver, FLC, WSCU & UNC.
Eventually will need to add Math sub-scores to CCHE Remedial Policy.

8. Guaranteed Transfer Admissions
New statewide Admission Policy begins fall 2019
Changes include guaranteed admission to transfer students who meet following criteria:
Completion of an AA/AS from Colorado CC
Meets four-year college minimum GPA
No grade below a C
Community College is last institution attended

9. Guaranteed Transfer Admissions
There are always exclusions!
Will not apply to Colorado School of Mines
Will not guarantee admission to specific programs
University of Colorado also requires completion of MAPS
Other standard admission exclusions (i.e. criminal/disciplinary past, etc.)

10. Questions ? maia.blom@dhe.state.co.us carl.einhaus@dhe.state.co.us
gtPathways, transfer agreements