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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 13B.06.02.05" title_num="13B" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="02" heading="Information for Students.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>All Institutions.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An institution shall ensure that all articulation agreements and all information pertaining to transfer students and the transfer of courses and credits are:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Written in language that is clear and explicit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Comprehensive, accurate, and regularly updated; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Available to prospective transfer students in publicly accessible sources.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Student information shall include, at a minimum:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Admissions requirements for transfer students at public senior higher education institutions;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Curriculum prerequisites at receiving institutions;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Information about Program Transfer Agreements;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Information about other articulation agreements and sources of established course and credit transferability;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Transferability of general education courses;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Transferability of individual courses;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Credit transfer limits; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>The credit transfer process, including:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>How to make a transfer evaluation request; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The standards that are used to determine course and credit equivalency.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Institutions shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Promptly inform students of changes to admissions requirements, academic program requirements, and any of the other information in this regulation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Notify students that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Students are accountable for the loss of credits resulting from changes to the student’s academic program; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Credits earned for remedial coursework are not transferable.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Institutions shall encourage all prospective transfer students to complete an associate’s degree.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Community Colleges. Community colleges shall encourage their students to select, as early as possible, the institution and academic program into which they desire to transfer.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>