OpinionJuly 5, 2001
COLLEGE CREDIT TRANSFERS WELCOME BY STUDENTS
Beginning next year, students who transfer from one Missouri public college or university to another will be able to take their general-education credits with them. The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education developed a program for each school to offer a 42-semester-hour block of general education credit that will be transferable to every public institution in the state...
Beginning next year, students who transfer from one Missouri public college or university to another will be able to take their general-education credits with them.
The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education developed a program for each school to offer a 42-semester-hour block of general education credit that will be transferable to every public institution in the state.
The board took the action following the 1998 request of the Missouri Legislature, which was responding to stories of confusion among schools and students about transfers.
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In many cases, students meet all of the general education requirements at one school only to find out that the school to which they are transferring has its own course requirements.
As a result, the credits from the first school are lost.
The loss of credits from student transfers has frustrated students for many years, and the new approach will be a vast improvement long overdue.
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