News from the first day of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, two-day meeting on transfer of credit states that, “What is consuming the 200-plus admissions officers, registrars, transfer coordinators and state higher education officials at Monday’s meeting is the reality that students from all types of colleges and universities are changing institutions (or studying at multiple colleges at the same time) in ever-greater numbers, and that students too often find themselves having to repeat coursework because of a lack of coordination and alignment between their previous and current institutions.”

The article goes on to say, “And most of the work that is occupying college and state higher education officials is in trying to knock down the barriers and smooth the connections within state systems or between individual colleges, to ease students’ transition from one institution to another.”

Read more at: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/02/19/transfer