Mandate the creation of a statewide common course numbering system

Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearappliesFour-year to four-yearapplies

Mechanism

A statewide common course numbering system, as in Florida and Tennessee, makes course-to-course equivalence automatic across the public sector. Transcript review largely disappears.

Preconditions

Funding and staff to build and maintain the taxonomy.

Owner, by role

Director of the Statewide Course Numbering System

Who can act

System, state or accreditor

Effort

Large, 24 to 36 months to first visible effect

Outcome metric

Statewide credit loss; consistency of transcript audits

Failure modes

Faculty senates can resist implementation due to concerns over institutional autonomy and distinct course content.

Contra-indications

None stated

Related practices

LTI-ENA-033 Codify statewide 2+2 articulation guarantees into education statutes
LTI-ENA-034 Adopt state board rules validating lower-division block-transfer packages