[OACRAO] instructional time.

Wed Mar 21 11:10:57 EDT 2018

Hi, I don't know if anyone has seen this directive under Ohio Articulation
and Transfer Policy.  When someone mentioned the ad hoc committee, I
assumed that you guys were talking about the directive.  Attachment A may
provide the answer (or may bring up more questions? :-)) to your question
about exams:
https://www.ohiohighered.org/sites/ohiohighered.org/files/Dir2010-016.pdf

Hideo

On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 10:59 AM, Tina Hickman <perduet at marietta.edu> wrote:

> Cindy, You just couldn't let sleeping dogs lie, could you?  ;-)
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> Just to be sure that I am clear, can we include final exams in this
> calculation? My understanding was that we could not, meaning we would need
> a 16 week semester (15 weeks of instruction and 1 week of finals) for those
> of us with 50 minute classes.
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> I cannot imagine that Marietta is alone in this. Have others adjusted
> their calendars?
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> On 3/20/2018 8:49 PM, Cynthia Suter wrote:
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> Sue and OACRAO colleagues:
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> I was very curious about this discussion as I was not familiar with the
> 2009/10 ad hoc recommendations which then became part of the program
> approval guidelines. I reached out to Matt Exline with the ODHE to see if
> all schools approved by ODHE had to abide by the guidelines. Below is his
> reply and I hope this helps.
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> ...Yes, the 750 minute credit hour rule applies to all institutions.
> However, the Guidelines do state that “*Credit hours may be calculated
> differently for other types of instruction…. as long as the credit hour
> calculations align with commonly accepted practices in higher education and
> with the regulations of regional accreditors and the federal ﬁnancial aid
> program.”* Matt Exline, ODHE
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> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 9:51 AM, Sue Hutchens <sue_hutchens at wilmington.edu
> > wrote:
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>> Colleagues,
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>> I have a follow up question regarding instructional time. After speaking
>> with several registrars I seem to be getting some differing opinions
>> regarding instructional time so I would like to rephrase my question.
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>> The Federal definition of a credit hour allows institutions to define how
>> they meet a credit hour based on the Carnegie unit. It appears that there
>> are several flexibilities in determining the appropriate amount of credit
>> hours for student coursework.
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>> However, an ad hoc committee recommended that Ohio adopt a minimum of 750
>> minutes of formalized instructional time per credit hour as its guideline
>> for public universities. Can anyone tell me if this is a state requirement,
>> and if it applies to private institutions? Does legislation require private
>> institutions to meet the minimum of 750 minutes per credit hour of
>> formalized instructional seat time?
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>> Thank you.
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>> *Sue Hutchens* | Registrar
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