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 Students want their academic efforts at one
educational institution to count for admission and transfer at
other educational institutions. This is a clear demand from
student customers.
They transfer for many reasons:
- a job or family move,
- going for a more advanced degree,
- deciding to go back to school later in another place,
- taking a college course during high school to improve
a college application and speed a degree,
- wanting updated, practical knowledge and skills after
an advanced degree…
They transfer in many directions:
- High school students taking
local college credit they want
applied to a degree at a college
later
- Community college students taking
classes at different community colleges
- Community college students applying
for further study at a 4-year college or
university
- Bachelor degree students applying
for graduate school
- Masters degree students applying for
Ph.D.s
- Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D.s who
want to update rapidly evolving
knowledge and skills at other schools
(including community colleges)
Unfortunately, schools do not always
accept academic credits from other schools,
for various reasons:
- Issues of school
accreditation
- Misalignment of program and
course content and packaging
- Never having done the work to make it happen
- Difficulty keeping up with rapidly evolving
ICT technologies
 It’s a big deal and a big headache for community colleges, high
schools and 4-year colleges and universities
to work out requirements, processes and
skills/knowledge maps to determine credits,
gaps and requirements for transfer between
institutions. Most recognize the demand for
it, but too many are too occupied with other
things to take on this difficult task.
MPICT can assist with ICT
transfer relationships by:
- Working toward harmonization of terms, knowledge, skills,
competencies and credentials,
- Showcasing articulation and
transfer models that work,
- Disseminating articulation and
transfer pathways,
- Championing the importance and need for
better articulation and transfer,
- Focusing talent and
resources on the issue.
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