On the Construction of the Statewide Transfer System in American Higher Education since the Late 1980s and Its Enlightenments
Since the late 1980 s,because of the demand changes of talent cultivation,advantages of community colleges,difficulties of transfer systems based on their higher education systems,and the various requirements of transfer courses,the transfer function of community colleges captured the focus from the state government and the higher education circle,which made the transfer articulation become the statewide action instead of the institutional action.In despite of differences between the approaches of state transfer articulation,there were some commonalities,including developing a statewide standing committee to focus on multi-institution transfer and articulation,dissemination of policies,curriculum articulation and credit transfer,diverse forms of appraisals and tracking,providing all kinds of services and supports.