"For students interested in transferring from a community college to a bachelor's degree-granting institution, navigating the transition can be challenging due to complications with credit transfer. Even within higher education systems, such as the City University of New York (CUNY), students can lose credits in the transition between institutions, which can increase costs associated with earning a degree as well as time to completion. Approximately half (47 percent) of CUNY community college transfers lose credits, according to system data."
"State of play: The most common reason students' credits don't apply to their degree program is because the evaluating institution believes the course does not match program requirements. A study by policy nonprofit MDRC of Texas universities found that faculty are not consistent in how or when they accept credits, which varies according to such factors as class topic sessions, course objectives, course modality, assignments, assessment methods and the instructor's home discipline."
Credit transfer from community colleges to bachelor's degree programs often results in lost credits, increasing students' time and cost to degree completion. Within CUNY, roughly 47 percent of community college transfers lose credits. Faculty decisions determine whether courses apply, and inconsistency across institutions and disciplines leads to variable credit acceptance. Factors affecting acceptance include class topics, session structure, course objectives, modality, assignments, assessment methods, and instructor discipline. Surveys of 17,381 CUNY faculty in October–November 2021 yielded 3,871 responses to assess perceived faculty roles and norms and to identify gaps in faculty knowledge or perceptions that inhibit transfer success.
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