(a) The General Assembly finds that:
(1) Academic advising is an important service provided to students;
(2) The Arkansas Course Transfer System is an important tool for the advising process that is to be used by professors and advising staff to improve graduation rates; and
(3) Freshmen should be advised of the importance of academic advising, the availability of the Arkansas Course Transfer System, and how to use the Arkansas Course Transfer System.
(b) Each public institution of higher education shall inform each student at registration as to how the Arkansas Course Transfer System can be used to assist the student to understand which course will transfer to another public institution of higher education.
(c) The information provided to the student under this section shall help the student use the Arkansas Course Transfer System to determine which public institutions of higher education accept various courses for transfer.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally
Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 6-61-105. Course in American history or civil government required
§ 6-61-107. Courses in conservation of natural resources — Teachers required to take course
§ 6-61-108. Eye protection required
§ 6-61-110. Testing of entering freshmen for remedial courses
§ 6-61-111. Student assessment programs
§ 6-61-112. Student or student's spouse called into military service
§ 6-61-113. References to race
§ 6-61-121. Higher education minority retention programs — Definition
§ 6-61-122. Higher education minority retention programs — Establishment — Reports
§ 6-61-123. Meningococcal disease warning
§ 6-61-124. Reporting minority students who complete an education program — Definitions
§ 6-61-125. American Sign Language as foreign language
§ 6-61-126. Electronic communication — Privacy policy
§ 6-61-127. Arkansas Higher Education Performance Reporting System
§ 6-61-128. Restrictions on use of social security numbers
§ 6-61-129. Establishment of centers of excellence — Definition
§ 6-61-130. Institutional advice for university course work and degree completion
§ 6-61-132. Academic advising on transferability of coursework
§ 6-61-134. Associate of applied science degree — Mathematics requirement
§ 6-61-135. False academic credential
§ 6-61-136. Establishment of an accrediting agency
§ 6-61-138. Posthumous degrees
§ 6-61-139. Emergency or security records or information — Disclosure exempted