19 Tex. Admin. Code § 1.239 - Duties of the Texas Transfer Advisory Committee
(a) The Texas Transfer Advisory Committee
(TTAC) shall advise the Commissioner and Board on the following:
(1) Oversight of the Field of Study
Curricula, review of relevant data, coordination of the schedule of
discipline-specific reviews, and recommending discipline-specific
curricula;
(2) Recommendations for
Field of Study Curricula to be approved by the Commissioner, including
recommendations of Texas Core Curriculum courses relevant to specific
disciplines and courses for the Discipline Foundation Courses and the Directed
Electives components;
(3) Reviewing
and making recommendations to the Commissioner to optimize the transferability
and applicability of credits and increase transfer students' success within
majors;
(4) Development and
coordination of a Field of Study Curricula review schedule for the
Discipline-Specific Subcommittees based on reasonable factors, including
prioritizing development of frameworks in high-enrollment and high-need
disciplines;
(5) Convening and
reviewing the work of Discipline-Specific Subcommittees, in accordance with the
established Field of Study Curricula review schedule;
(6) Monitoring curricular changes at general
academic teaching institutions and student course enrollment patterns within
and across public junior colleges and general academic teaching
institutions;
(7) Developing the
Discipline Foundation Courses component of the Field of Study Curriculum, with
consideration for the most frequently used transfer pathways; and
(8) Recommendations regarding the timing and
structure of transfer policy-related agency surveys and data collection from
institutions of higher education, and the timely and appropriate dissemination
of information to help inform institutional decisions about curriculum and
program design.
(b) The
agency shall provide a 30-day informal notice and comment period to all
impacted institutions prior to the Commissioner's approval or denial of a set
of Discipline Foundation Courses.
(c) At least annually, the TTAC will report
on the recommendations of the Discipline-Specific Subcommittees, the status of
these subcommittees, and other recommendations as appropriate to improve
student transfer and success across the state.
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