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State Transfer and Articulation Policies
Table 34-1.  Transfer and articulation policies, full-time-equivalent fall enrollment, and percentage distribution of enrollment in public 2-year institutions, by state: 2000

  

State
Legislation Cooperative
agreement
Transfer
data
reporting
Incentives
and rewards
for students
Statewide
articulation
guide
Common
core
courses
Common
course
numbering
Full-time-
equivalent
enrollment
Percentage
distribution
of enrollment

    Number of states 30 40 33 18 26 23 8 3,151,809 100.0
Alabama Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes   48,545 1.5
Alaska   Yes   Yes Yes   Yes 473 0
Arizona   Yes   Yes Yes     85,778 2.7
Arkansas Yes   Yes         21,519 0.7
California Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes   707,558 22.4
Colorado Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes   41,322 1.3
Connecticut Yes Yes Yes     Yes   20,934 0.7
Delaware   Yes     Yes     6,939 0.2
Florida Yes Yes Yes     Yes Yes 173,433 5.5
Georgia   Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes   66,571 2.1
Hawaii   Yes Yes   Yes     14,996 0.5
Idaho   Yes Yes   Yes Yes Yes 6,807 0.2
Illinois Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes   186,533 5.9
Indiana Yes Yes           28,131 0.9
Iowa   Yes Yes Yes Yes     44,717 1.4
Kansas Yes Yes Yes         39,457 1.3
Kentucky Yes   Yes Yes Yes     32,239 1
Louisiana Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes   27,130 0.9
Maine               4,797 0.2
Maryland Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes   57,367 1.8
Massachusetts Yes Yes Yes Yes       47,972 1.5
Michigan Yes             101,794 3.2
Mississippi   Yes Yes       Yes 47,245 1.5
Missouri   Yes Yes     Yes   46,793 1.5
Nebraska Yes Yes     Yes Yes   20,812 0.7
New Hampshire   Yes           5,442 0.2
New Jersey     Yes         79,367 2.5
New Mexico Yes Yes     Yes Yes   29,541 0.9
New York   Yes Yes         168,911 5.4
North Carolina Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes   96,999 3.1
North Dakota   Yes   Yes Yes Yes Yes 6,515 0.2
Ohio Yes Yes Yes Yes       92,749 2.9
Oklahoma Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes   34,997 1.1
Oregon Yes Yes Yes     Yes Yes 46,099 1.5
Pennsylvania   Yes Yes   Yes     58,759 1.9
Rhode Island Yes Yes Yes   Yes     8,650 0.3
South Carolina Yes   Yes Yes Yes     41,804 1.3
South Dakota Yes Yes   Yes   Yes   4,193 0.1
Tennessee Yes Yes Yes         53,146 1.7
Texas Yes Yes Yes     Yes Yes 268,057 8.5
Utah Yes Yes     Yes Yes   16,454 0.5
Vermont   Yes       Yes   1,845 0.1
Virginia Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes     72,913 2.3
Washington Yes Yes Yes Yes   Yes   114,754 3.6
West Virginia Yes Yes           3,969 0.1
Wisconsin     Yes   Yes Yes   56,195 1.8
Wyoming Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes   Yes 10,588 0.3

NOTE: No information was available for Minnesota, Montana, or Nevada. Total enrollment shown here excludes 89,535 students enrolled in these states. The District of Columbia has no separate community college system. Blank cells indicate that the state did not have that policy. See supplemental note 3 for more information about the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). See supplemental note 8 for more information about classification of postsecondary education institutions. See supplemental note 10 for more information about state transfer and articulation policies for community college students.

SOURCE: Education Commission of the States. (2001, February). Transfer and Articulation Policies. This information is the sole property of Education Commission of the States, copyright 2001. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Retrieved November 4, 2004, from http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/23/75/2375.htm; and U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). (2003). Digest of Education Statistics 2002 (NCES 2003–060), table 201. Data from U.S. Department of Education, NCES, 2000 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), “Fall Enrollment Survey” (IPEDS-EF:00).

 
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