WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue College World and Ivy Tech Neighborhood Faculty are taking motion to higher place college students for long-term educational success and remove limitations to switch. Starting March 1, the faculties will trade and settle for credit for prior studying that seem on an official school transcript issued by the companion establishment.
Traditionally, school and college college students have confronted challenges shifting their credit and programs from one establishment to a different. Key obstacles, together with the perceived transferability of accomplished programs and the popularity of experiential and nontraditional studying, stay hindrances for college students trying to obtain their educational objectives.
“We’re thrilled to remove another barrier for switch college students trying to make progress on their educational journey,” Purdue World Chancellor Frank Dooley mentioned. “Via this association, we hope to advance the dialog about recognizing and validating pupil studying.”
Usually, nontraditional credit earned by means of prior studying evaluation (PLA) are stranded on the establishment that awards them. The stakes are excessive for college students; when a pupil is prevented from transferring earned credit between establishments, it ends in retaken programs, elevated price, and delayed profession {and professional} outcomes.
“Ivy Tech is delighted to companion to handle this long-standing drawback and create a framework that we welcome different establishments to affix as effectively,” Ivy Tech President Sue Ellspermann mentioned. “This settlement will assist us guarantee our college students obtain the switch credit score they deserve for the competencies they’ve gained within the office, guaranteeing each an economical and environment friendly path to their diploma.”
Some college students are cautious about gaining credit score by means of PLA as a result of they know it might not assist them obtain their long-term educational objectives, notably if these objectives embody transferring from a group school to a college. The hope is that by signaling to college students that their nontraditional credit can switch, extra college students will think about the choice to pursue these credit within the first place. Ivy Tech and Purdue World will work to proceed statewide conversations in Indiana about enhance entry to credit score for prior studying alternatives. Each establishments are hopeful that different faculties and universities might be excited by collaborating in an identical settlement.
Work to enhance credit score for prior studying alternatives and entry is supported by the Indiana Fee for Increased Training.
“Purdue World and Ivy Tech have each been leaders in offering credit score for prior studying, and this new switch association extends their progressive work even additional and capitalizes on the belief constructed between the 2 establishments, main to higher outcomes for college students,” mentioned Ken Sauer, senior affiliate commissioner and chief educational officer.
To allow this revolutionary observe, the registrars of each establishments collaborated to find out the data essential to validate and switch a pupil’s credit score for prior studying. Via a lot dialogue and coordination, these two establishments will work collectively to make sure that college students are getting credit score for what they know.
About Purdue College World
Purdue College World delivers personalised on-line training tailor-made to the distinctive wants of adults who’ve work or life expertise past the classroom, enabling them to develop important educational {and professional} expertise with the assist and adaptability they should obtain their profession objectives. It presents personalised paths for college students to earn an affiliate, bachelor’s, grasp’s or doctoral diploma, primarily based on their work expertise, desired tempo, army service, earlier school credit and different issues – regardless of the place they’re of their life journey. Purdue World is a nonprofit, public college accredited by the Increased Studying Fee. It’s affiliated with Purdue College’s flagship establishment, a extremely ranked public analysis college situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. Purdue College additionally operates regional campuses in Fort Wayne and Northwest Indiana, in addition to serving science, engineering and know-how college students on the Indiana College-Purdue College Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus. For extra data, go to purdueglobal.edu.
About Ivy Tech Neighborhood Faculty
Ivy Tech Neighborhood Faculty is Indiana’s largest public postsecondary establishment and the nation’s largest singly accredited statewide group school system, accredited by the Increased Studying Fee. Ivy Tech has campuses all through Indiana and likewise serves hundreds of scholars yearly on-line. It serves because the state’s engine of workforce growth, providing affiliate diploma and short-term certificates applications, and coaching that align to the wants of the group. The school additionally presents programs and affiliate diploma applications that seamlessly switch to different faculties and universities in Indiana, in addition to out of state, for a extra inexpensive path to a bachelor’s diploma.
Media Contact, Purdue World: Tom Schott, tschott@purdue.edu
Media Contact, Ivy Tech: Mary Jane Michalak, mmichalak@ivytech.edu
Sources: Frank Dooley
Sue Ellspermann
Ken Sauer