CONGRATULATIONS
Laurie
Tralle, director of the Course Applicability
System, was elected to a three-year term to lead the Upper Midwest Association
of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers at the 70th Annual Meeting
in October, 2003. She will serve as president-elect, president and past-president
over the three years.
UMACRAO is a professional organization
that provides professional development, networking and resources for admissions
and registrar staff in
Many
HIGHER LEARNING COMMISSION
VISIT
Representatives
from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) visited
and
18, and conducted a review of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities'
request to serve as the HLC's proxy in determining institutional readiness
to offer programs and degrees in an e-learning format. Trustee Lew Moran, Chancellor McCormick, Minnesota
OnLine Council members and members of the Office of the Chancellor's staff
participated in the on-site review. The
system's request, according to the team's chair, Dr. Judith Powell, is "bold
and innovative." No other state
in the Commission's 19-state region has made such a request.
Sr.
Vice Chancellor Linda Baer and Minnesota Online Council Chair Kathy Nelson
announced on
Details
of the team's recommendation, including their praise for our creative vision,
any concerns they had about the sustainability of our enterprise, and their
advice regarding our future endeavors will be reviewed with system leaders
and trustees during the December Leadership Council and Board of Trustees
meetings.
Thank
you to those who have made this recommendation possible. Special thanks go to Lynette Olson who headed
up our Accreditation Project, to Shelly Heller, for excellent logistical support
and all the campus faculty, students and administrators and Office of the
Chancellor staff that have participated in the development of Minnesota Online.
MnLINK IMPLEMENTATION
UPDATE
Mentoring
is continuing as
Minnesota
Law Library has also hosted members from the Minnesota Historical Society
and the Legislative Reference Library. During their visits, librarians have
been looking at circulation, cataloging, and administrative procedures and
addressing questions relating to use in the special library setting. Barb
Golden has extended her ongoing assistance to the libraries as they run into
questions. The Minnesota Law Library
is reporting experiences at CALCO meetings and fielding questions from stage
agency librarians. During one such discussion they offered a quick demonstration
to librarians from the Department of Employment and Economic Development.
All
of the beta libraries,
MnPALS
staff members continue to move toward the next migration and Becky Bell is
meeting regularly with Chris Meyer, of the
Booking
and Interlibrary Loan – Recent Meetings and Updates
The
MnLINK Booking Development Group met for another full day of discussions with
developers from ExLibris. At this meeting ExLibris presented a PowerPoint
discussion along with written specifications for the Booking module. Several
key points were clarified and agreement was made that ExLibris should continue
moving forward on development.
Interlibrary
loan is also moving forward with agreements made that the module will be ready,
including identified Priority 1 concerns and specified development issues,
by
Ongoing
Contract Implications
During the last development meeting teams discussed
alternate, accelerated schedules for access to new versions of Aleph. Participants
discussed the possibility of bringing both MnPALS and the
WHAT’S NEW WITH TRANSFER
Fall 2003 Transfer Specialists’Conference
On
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Minnesota State University Moorhead
sponsors Transfer Preview Day
MSU
Moorhead will be sponsoring a Transfer Preview Day on
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Article on Transfer Benefits
“Reader
shares benefits of transferring within the system,” an article written by
Bruce Smith, Associate Dean of Marketing and Enrollment Services, Alexandria
Technical College, was published in the MSCSA Newsletter, September, 2003. Go to http://www.mscsa.org/Sept03_06.pdf
to read the article.
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Course Equivalency Tables can be
produced using DARS
A
new process of using DARS to send course equivalency tables reduces the need
to keep two independent databases for transfer rules. Once your transfer articulation rules have been
completed and tested, you can send them to, Gina Boeckermann, MnTransfer.org
to be posted in “Courses: How do they
transfer?” The table on the web site will include institution name, source
course identity, course memo and target course. Contact your campus DARS encoder to arrange
for these tables. To view samples of
a table, go to http://www.mntransfer.org/Tables/HibbingCC/uwsuperior2002_04.pdf
or http://www.mntransfer.org/Tables/Century/bethel_sept03.pdf
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Report on H.R. 3311 – Affordability
in Higher Education Act of 2003
At
the UMACRAO Annual Conference, October 2003, Barmark Nassirian, a representative
of AACRAO, presented a legislative/government issues update. He shared information on proposed legislation
which has compelling implications for transfer.
To read more, go to MnTransfer.org at http://www.mntransfer.org/TSInfo/HR3311.html
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New Questions and Answers in Transfer
Specialists FAQs
Credit
for Prior Learning http://www.mntransfer.org/TSInfo/faqs_a.html#creditprior
Credit
by Exam – Excelsior College http://www.mntransfer.org/TSInfo/faqs_a.html#cbeexcelsior
CLEP
Policy http://www.mntransfer.org/TSInfo/faqs_a.html#cleppolicy
Foreign
Nursing Credentials http://www.mntransfer.org/TSInfo/faqs_a.html#foreignnursing
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Automotive Technology Project Information
Updated on MnTransfer.org
New
and updated information has been added to the Automotive Technology pages. To read, go to http://www.mntransfer.org/automotive/autoindex.html
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Catalog/Curriculum changes for Hibbing
Community College on MnTransfer.org
To
view these changes, go to MnTransfer.org at http://www.mntransfer.org/Catalog_Curr/template.html
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BAS Degree, Four-year Transfer Degrees,
and MnSCU/U of M Degrees information updated
To
view this information, go to MnTransfer.org at http://www.mntransfer.org/Educators/AppliedBachelors/appbacindex.html
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Course Equivalency Tables Updated
on MnTransfer.org
http://www.mntransfer.org/Tables/HibbingCC/Hibbing.html
Inver
Hills Community College – credits from Bemidji; Concordia; Fergus Falls; Fond
du Lac; Hamline; MSU, Mankato; Ridgewater; Rochester; St. Cloud SU; U of M
Duluth; Vermilion; and Winona. http://www.mntransfer.org/Tables/inverhills/inverhillsindex.html
Normandale
Community College – credits from Anoka-Ramsey; Bemidji; Century; Hennepin TC; Inver Hills; Metropolitan SU; Minneapolis;
North Hennepin; St. Cloud TC; St. Paul College; South Central; and U of M
Duluth
http://www.mntransfer.org/Tables/Normandale/NormandaleIndex.html
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Transfer Guides updated on MnTransfer.org
Normandale
Community College – for Augsburg; Bethel College; University of Minnesota,
Dental Hygiene, Carlson School of Management, College of Agriculture, Food
and Environmental Sciences, College of Human Ecology, Medical Technology,
Mortuary Science, School of Nursing, Pre-Occupational
Therapy, Pre-Pharmacy;
http://www.mntransfer.org/Tables/Normandale/guides/guideindex.html
Bethel
College – for Central Lakes; Century; Minnesota State CTC; North Hennepin;
Normandale; Ridgewater; Riverland
http://www.mntransfer.org/Tables/bethel/guides/guideindex.html
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Articulation Agreements updated
on MnTransfer.org
http://www.mntransfer.org/Agreements/Institution/ATC.html
http://www.mntransfer.org/Agreements/Institution/HTC.html
http://www.mntransfer.org/Agreements/Institution/IHCC.html
Metropolitan
State University – with Minneapolis CTC in Child Development; St. Paul College
in Health Unit Coordinator, Medical Lab Tech, Respiratory Therapist/Practitioner;
Dakota County TC in Child Development, Early Childhood Studies
http://www.mntransfer.org/Agreements/Institution/MetroSU.html
North
Hennepin Community College – with Augsburg;
Bemidji SU; Cardinal Stritch; St. Catherine; St. Scholastica; Concordia;
Hamline; Metropolitan SU; MSU, Mankato; MSU Moorhead; St. Cloud SU; U of M,
Crookston, Twin Cities; University of North Dakota; U of Wisconsin-Stout.
See What’s
New for more detail on specific agreements at http://www.mntransfer.org/whatsnew.html
or go to http://www.mntransfer.org/Agreements/Institution/NHCC.html
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Contact
Kathy DeShane at kathy.deshane@so.mnscu.edu for further
information.
THE SOURCE
The
latest issue of The SOURCE is now available on the ITS web site.
www.its.mnscu.edu/newsletters/index.html
This
issue contains information on the upcoming 2003 ISRS User Conference
and on the Desire2Learn Software selection and implementation.
DESIRE2LEARN
Desire2Learn Wins Instructional
Management System Contract
After an exhaustive and inclusive
process, the Information Technology Services division has announced that a
contract has been signed with Desire2Learn. The campus representatives involved
in the evaluation process expressed their enthusiasm for this product, which
they said will provide faculty and students better tools than they currently
have for developing Web-enhanced course materials. Along with offering more
features and better functionality, the evaluators found that “D2L” also provides
an ease of use that will be universally welcomed. The division is eager to
begin the implementation process, and several campuses are interested in getting
an early start with this promising product.
The initial term of the Software License Agreement began
Oct. 1 and ends
UPCOMING MEETINGS CONFERENCES
DECEMBER
DIVISION OF
ACADEMIC & STUDENT
AFFAIRS
Sr. Vice Chancellor
for Academic & Student Affairs, Linda L. Baer
651-282-5515, linda.baer@so.mnscu.edu
Academic Programs, Gary
Langer
651-649-5772, gary.langer@so.mnscu.edu
Academic Resources,
Deena Allen
651-296-8113, deena.allen@so.mnscu.edu
Research and Planning,
Leslie Mercer
651-282-2547, leslie.mercer@so.mnscu.edu
Strategic Partnerships,
Michael Murphy
651-282-5516, michael.murphy@so.mnscu.edu
Student Affairs, Mike
López
651-296-0447, mike.lopez@so.mnscu.edu