January 23, 2004

Colleges Criticize Congressional Proposal to Dictate Credit-Transfer Rules

By STEPHEN BURD

Article: House Divided Over Tuition-Control Bill

While a bill to curb tuition growth has drawn strong protests from academe, a little-noticed provision in the same legislation could cause just as much harm to higher education, say college leaders.

At issue is a proposal that would dictate the criteria colleges use in determining whether to accept academic credits for courses transfer students took at their former

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