清晰度/合作协议
Office of Articulation, 转移, and Prior Learning Articulation Agreement Process
In an effort to best serve Tri-C students and provide a wide array of pathways towards completion and success, 衔接协议是必不可少的. 发音办公室, 转移, and Prior Learning (ATPL) is here to support and participate in this very important process. Please contact ATPL at the onset of an articulation agreement.
The development process of an articulation agreement can be found below.
衔接协议发起:
There are multiple ways for an agreement to begin.
- 三c教员
- Tri-C leadership, dean or administrator
- Current/potential partner institution
- ATPL认识到潜力
Who to include in discussion when developing a new agreement:
- 从Tri-C:
- ATPL主任
- Faculty, 项目经理/director, 院长 from the articulation program or discipline
- Counseling faculty and/or Curriculum Office staff who is familiar with the College’s degree requirements
- 来自合作机构:
- Faculty, dean(s), registrar, provost/associate provost
- Whomever the partner institution appoints
Agreements can be negotiated more quickly if the subject experts from both partner institutions are involved in meetings. 开会前, prepare and package as much information as possible to help facilitate the conversation and expedite the process.
转移途径 should be applied to degree requirements or a specific major/program at a partner institution. 只要有可能, use the 俄亥俄转学 and/or 转移 Assurance Guide coursework while developing a transfer pathway or articulation agreement with either public or private institutions.
The steps to developing an articulation agreement:
- ATPL office should be contacted right away.
- ATPL will contact the appropriate 院长, associate 院长, 项目经理/directors, and faculty.
- If the articulation is deemed a good fit and will benefit Tri-C students, it will move forward and the following steps will be taken:
a. ATPL will send the Tri-C approved template to those concerned. 请理解这是 需要模板 对于所有协议. (Tri-C will not use any other template.)
b. ATPL will facilitate a meeting to discuss the specifics of the agreement including Tri-C faculty, 院长, 辅导员, 等等.
c. Tri-C contacts will meet with the partner institution to review curriculum and draft the appropriate attachments and appendices.
d. Tri C and partner institution will jointly create a draft document of the articulation agreement using the Tri-C template.
e. Tri-C contacts will have a Tri-C counselor or discipline expert review the draft agreement.
f. 一旦这个审查过程完成, Tri-C contacts will meet with or send agreement to ATPL for review.
g. ATPL will send the reviewed draft agreement to Tri-C’s legal department for review and approval; the legal department may have edits.
h. Once Tri-C’s legal department approves, ATPL will route the approved agreement to the partner institution for their review and approval.
i. When both Tri-C and the partner institution have given final approval, ATPL will route the document for signatures from both institutions.
j. 当完成, ATPL will post the signed fully executed agreement on the partner website and will notify appropriate 院长, 项目经理, 涉及教师, 以及咨询联系人.
The typical timeframe to develop an articulation agreement:
New articulation agreements can take up to a year to finalize; however, 在最好的情况下, they can take less time depending on course equivalencies and the work needed to finalize curriculum, 表, 和附件. Renewing articulation agreements usually moves more quickly unless there are numerous curricular changes. 有时, 课程, legal review and approval processes at both partner institutions can take considerable time.