Credit Articulation in the Southern States

This article, "Statewide Standards Ease Process of Transferring Credits in South, Report Says,", is from The Chronicle of Higher Education by Matt Petrie and may require registration to view. The report on which it is based is here—Clearing Paths to College Degrees: Transfer Policies in SREB States (PDF)—from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB).

The report, "Clearing Paths to College Degrees: Transfer Policies in SREB States," notes several policies and procedures that have proven successful in helping students move from one college to another within state higher-education systems. Those include the development of comprehensive, statewide policies on the transfer of academic credits; the use of statewide core curricula and common course-numbering systems for both two-year and four-year colleges; and making transfer counselors and online guides available to students who plan to transfer.