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[huskersalways]

It is not a Camden/Newark issue. The criteria for accepting transfer credit are university-wide. When I served in the University Senate some years ago, there was tremendous resentment of policies that allegedly resulted in too many unqualified JUCO transfers, and I remember the state legislature passing a law to force Rutgers to accept more JUCO credit than it was. It's interesting that this issue is perceived so differently by faculty than by sports fans.

BTW, it works much better in California, where the University accepts loads of transfer students from JUCOs (and where there are lots of athletes from JUCOs) There the JUCO catalogues spell out exactly which courses will be accepted for transfer credit by the University of California and California State University.

I thought RU, like most schools, would only accept JC transfers if the classes the student/athlete had taken were in line with classes RU offered and also were advancing towards a degree that RU offered. It is the students/athletes that take all Physical Ed classes(due to them being easy) to get their grades but RU does not offer a degree in PE so the classes don't transfer therefore making the student/athlete's class from the JC worthless to RU. If a student/athlete takes JC classes to work on getting a business degree then those classes will transfer and count as credits for RU because they offer a degree in business. A majority of the JC baseball players didnt go to a JC because of grades. They went because they didn't have any good offers or chances coming out of high school and the JC route is an easy way to improve and to get exposure. Baseball is a different animal when it comes to JC's compared to football and hoops.

 

[retired711]

I thought RU, like most schools, would only accept JC transfers if the classes the student/athlete had taken were in line with classes RU offered and also were advancing towards a degree that RU offered. It is the students/athletes that take all Physical Ed classes(due to them being easy) to get their grades but RU does not offer a degree in PE so the classes don't transfer therefore making the student/athlete's class from the JC worthless to RU. If a student/athlete takes JC classes to work on getting a business degree then those classes will transfer and count as credits for RU because they offer a degree in business. A majority of the JC baseball players didnt go to a JC because of grades. They went because they didn't have any good offers or chances coming out of high school and the JC route is an easy way to improve and to get exposure. Baseball is a different animal when it comes to JC's compared to football and hoops.

It's not as simple as asking whether there is a major in the field at Rutgers -- it also involves the quality of the course.

 

[huskersalways]

It's not as simple as asking whether there is a major in the field at Rutgers -- it also involves the quality of the course.

I understand that. It was worded as "comparable" course I believe. Mine explanation was a very basic one. I just don't think it is as tough as most make it out to be.

 

[retired711]

I understand that. It was worded as "comparable" course I believe. Mine explanation was a very basic one. I just don't think it is as tough as most make it out to be.

In a sensible university, it is not a problem. I hope this is true at NU. Here it is, in part because the issue has become politicized and because the university and the JUCOs don't have much of a relationship.

 

[huskersalways]

In a sensible university, it is not a problem. I hope this is true at NU. Here it is, in part because the issue has become politicized and because the university and the JUCOs don't have much of a relationship.

NU has some quirky rules about it as well but, not to the extent RU seems to go. There are some classes regardless of school or being comparative to the NU ones they won't transfer them. While I understand schools not wanting an open door policy I would make it a little simpler for them. NU's rules also are different if the JC kid was eligible coming out of high school vs they are at a JC to get their grades.