BEST PRACTICES - RECEIVING INSTITUTION

• the benefit of articulating a course should exceed the cost of its articulation;
• support for students is more important than the convenience of an institution or its departments;
• 'parity of esteem' or respect for the mission, faculty and staff of other institutions builds the trust on which articulation depends;
• the chicken/egg conundrum: articulate only if a student flow already exists vs. a flow will never be present unless the courses are first articulated. This cannot be resolved with certainty, but if the sending institution has significant enrollment in a course and is located within one hundred kilometers of the receiving institution, there is likely a case for articulation;
• 'Build it (a transfer articulation agreement)and they shall come' is a reasonable expectation for the receiving institution.