Legislate course-taking transferability mandates for public college curricula

Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearwith adaptationFour-year to four-yearwith adaptation

Mechanism

State law such as the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act requires public universities to accept lower-division major courses whose codes align. The credit counts in the major, not just on the transcript.

Preconditions

Statewide faculty panels reviewing and aligning course codes by discipline.

Owner, by role

State Board of Higher Education Executive Director

Who can act

System, state or accreditor

Effort

Large, 18 to 24 months to first visible effect

Outcome metric

Major-course applicability; average credit loss in vertical transfer

Failure modes

Lack of regular review can lead to outdated course codes, leaving students with non-applicable credit.

Contra-indications

None stated