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Transfer Credit:What’s New?Audrey Bonchack, Associate Director, Undergraduate Admissions OfficeMichele Rice, Director, Prior Learning AssessmentMay 9,8, 20172019
Objectives Who we are & what we do Why PLA matters Transfer numbers Recent Faculty Senate revisions CSRS Student PortalMay8,9,20192017May2
Who we are & what we doUndergraduate Admissions OfficePrior Learning Assessment Office Adds transfer credit fornew and current students Processes course syllabifrom colleges/universitiesthrough CSRS for facultyreview Enters and maintainscourse rules in LP Collaboratively developsprocesses for implementationand administration of PLA Works with faculty to movecourses through CSRS Serves as point of contact onPLA for students, faculty, andstaff Uses data to improve PLA,including seeing how studentsuse PLAMay8,9,20192017May3
Why PLA Matters According to a 2010 study on PLA and adult studentoutcomes conducted by the Council for Adult andExperiential Learning (CAEL), students with PLA creditshad better academic outcomes, especially in terms ofgraduation rates and persistence, than non-PLA students,and many significantly shortened the time required toearn their credential. -Fueling the Race to Post-Secondary SuccessMay8,9,20192017May4
PLA at Penn StateWhat we found: Total PLA Credits was most important, followed by AdmitType, 1st Semester Part- or Full-time, Ethnicity, andGender Total PLA Credits 18.26 were associated withhigher graduation rates For Individual PLA Type, TR Credits was the mostimportant of the 13 significant predictors, Portfolio wasthird, and all other types ranked 5 through 13May8,9,20192017May5
PLA at Penn StateWhat we found: Higher PLA Credits of different types were associatedwith higher graduation rates generally; the two exceptionswere First Term Full-time, not International, with 96.6 TRcredits had a lower graduation rate than those with 18.26to 96.5 credits First Term Part-time-time, with Portfolio credits less than8.6, and TR credits 110.6 had a lower graduation ratethan those with 18.26 to 110.5 creditsMay8,9,20192017May6
Credits by type and usage Transfer Advanced Placement (AP) Nursing Portfolio Portfolio College Level Examination Program(CLEP) Credit by Exam (local) International Baccalaureate (IB) Defense Activity for Non-TraditionalEducational Support (DANTES) SubjectStandardized Tests (DSSTs) American Council of Education (ACE) Military and military transferMay8,9,20192017May7
Transfer NumbersBreakdown of all course rules(evaluations) in LionPATH, as ofApril 2019May8,9,20192017May8
Recent Faculty Senate Revisions Credit by Exam and Portfolio are now available to allenrolled students (Senate Policy 34-20) and those who haveaccepted an offer of admission. Credit by Validation: sent to faculty via CSRS ACE-credited workplace training: sent to faculty via CSRS CLEP no longer limited to 60 credits (residency requirement) Now able to award direct equivalents for 400-level coursesMay8,9,20192017May9
Faculty Senate Revisions (Cont’d) Military Basic Training: up to 3 credits of KINES XFRGHWmay be added Military training/occupations: send to faculty via CSRS To be implemented by Fall 2019 Admissions will provide course syllabi from ACE websiteMay8,9,20192017May10
CSRS Student PortalCOMING SOON!May8,9,20192017May11
CSRS Student Portal For any current PSU student—or staff or facultymember—to submit course syllabi for faculty review Portal will bounce against existing rules and informstudent if rule already exists If no rule exists, UAO will receive syllabi and distribute tofaculty review committees Users able to track progress and receive outcome throughPortal as wellMay8,9,20192017May12
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Questions?May8,9,20192017May14
Contact Us!Audrey Bonchackadp147@psu.eduAdmissions.psu.eduMichele 017May15
Adds transfer credit for new and current students Processes course syllabi from colleges/universities through CSRS for faculty review Enters and maintains . adp147@psu.edu Admissions.psu.edu Michele Rice smr57@psu.edu Priorlearning.psu.edu 15 May 8, 2019. Title: PowerPoint Presentation
