OAR 715-025-0065: SELECTION OF COMMON COURSES FOR DEVELOPMENT

(1) Not later than August of each calendar year the Transfer Council, in consultation with the Commission, shall approve a plan for the development and ongoing alignment of Common Course Numbering Articulation Policies (CCNAP). In approving the plan, the Council shall consider currently existing common courses as well as opportunities to develop courses where the existence of a common course would benefit students. The plan approved by the Transfer Council shall specify the development of no fewer than 10 CCNAPs, or the number specified by the Commission pursuant to OAR 715-025-0090(2), in the calendar year specified in the plan. The Council may amend the plan after approval as deemed necessary by the Council to facilitate the development of the greatest number of CCNAPs possible. (2) The Transfer Council shall publicly identify the criteria used to make determinations of the common courses included in the CCNAP development plan. The criteria used by the Council shall include the consideration of the most common courses among students who transfer from a community college to a public university. The Council may annually alter such criteria. (3) Should the Transfer Council not approve a plan that includes the development of at least 10 common courses, or the number specified by the Commission pursuant to OAR 715-025-0090(2), the Commission may specify additional common courses to be included in the Transfer Council’s plan. Such courses shall be deemed to be included in the Transfer Council’s plan upon approval by the Commission. (4) Pursuant to OAR 715-025-0085(7), the Transfer Council shall include in its plan any common courses specified by the Commission. (5) The Transfer Council may recommend to the Commission that the Commission reduce the number of CCNAPs the Transfer Council is required to specify for development in a given calendar year. (6) The Transfer Council may recommend to the Commission that the Commission eliminate the requirement that the Transfer Council develop new CCNAPs on a finding that the common course numbering system has been substantially established and further development of new CCNAPs is unlikely to produce statewide benefit to students.