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Standardization

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Get students closer to credentials through common sense crediting.

Common Course Numbering:

  • Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop a statewide common course numbering system for upper-division courses which currently are not included in the system; also requires the Higher Education Coordinating Board to begin aligning elementary and secondary courses.
  • Expanding the course number system will allow students to transfer high school and upper-level courses to institutions of higher learning, reducing the time and cost of earning a degree.

Statewide Transfer Agreement:

  • Creates a reverse transfer agreement for students who transfer to a four-year institution before they have completed their associate degree. The change provides students with stackable credentials (an associate degree).
  • When students have completed the requirements for the AA, the four-year institution must transfer credits earned to the two-year institution, which will award the associate degree.

Admissions Entrance Exam Equivalency Criteria:

  • Create entrance exam equivalency across Arkansas institutions to encourage acceptance of the ACT, SAT, and CLT (Classic Learning Test).