{"id":16643,"date":"2013-02-11T14:04:06","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T19:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=16643"},"modified":"2013-02-11T14:04:07","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T19:04:07","slug":"florida-college-system-students-can-take-their-credits-to-a-private-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2013\/02\/11\/florida-college-system-students-can-take-their-credits-to-a-private-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida College System Students Can Take Their Credits To A Private School"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16644\"  class=\"wp-caption module image left\" style=\"max-width: 173px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2013\/02\/11\/florida-college-system-students-can-take-their-credits-to-a-private-school\/randy-hanna\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16644\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16644\" title=\"randy-hanna\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2013\/02\/randy-hanna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">myfloridaprepaid.com<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chancellor Randy Hanna oversees the 28 institutions in the Florida College System.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Students who attend Florida\u2019s public colleges can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/articulation\/pdf\/ICUF_Agreement.pdf\">transfer to private institutions in Florida without losing credits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement continues a partnership between the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icuf.org\/newdevelopment\/schools\/\">Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida<\/a> (ICUF) and the <a href=\"http:\/\/data.fldoe.org\/workforce\/contacts\/default.cfm?action=showList&amp;ListID=52\">Florida College System<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement &#8212; known a 2+2 in higher education circles &#8212; enables students to complete a two-year Associate in Arts degree and then transfer to the upper division of a bachelor\u2019s degree program.<\/p>\n<p>The original deal was crafted in 1992 and has undergone a few updates since then.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to recognize the importance of transfer opportunities and demonstrate our\u00a0ongoing\u00a0commitment to the ideal of cooperation between public and independent sectors of post secondary education,\u201d said Randy Hanna, chancellor of the Florida College System.<\/p>\n<p>State colleges remain the primary point of access to higher education. About two-thirds of Florida\u2019s high school graduates begin their pursuit of a post secondary degree at a Florida college.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/fcs\/\">Florida Department of Education<\/a> says 82 percent of minority freshman and sophomore students attend one of the state\u2019s 28 public colleges.<\/p>\n<p>Of the nearly 25,000 students enrolled in ICUF institutions in the fall of 2011, 36 percent transferred from a state college.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect this agreement will continue to serve Floridians for the next 20 years and beyond.\u201d Chancellor Hanna said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur valuable partnership with the Florida College System highlights our shared educational priorities,\u201d said Dr. Ed Moore, president of ICUF. \u201cFlorida is a national leader in the development of continuing education programs like 2+2.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ICUF\u00a0is made up of 31 private, not-for-profit institutions. They award about one-quarter of Florida\u2019s bachelor degrees and one-third of all bachelor\u2019s and advanced degrees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students who attend Florida\u2019s public colleges can transfer to private institutions in Florida without losing credits. The agreement continues a partnership between the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida (ICUF) and the Florida College System. The agreement &#8212; known a 2+2 in higher education circles &#8212; enables students to complete a two-year Associate in Arts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[1096,774,796],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16643"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16654,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16643\/revisions\/16654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}