LOUISIANA COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM

Policy # 1.036

 

 

Title: Cross Enrollment Agreement between System Institutions

 

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Authority

: Board Action

Original Adoption

: July 9, 2003

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

Effective Date

: July 9, 2003

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

Last Revision

: Initial

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Louisiana Community and Technical College (LCTCS)

Cross-Enrollment Agreement between System Institutions

 

This cross-enrollment policy is to establish a process that will allow a LCTCS student to dually

enroll in another LCTCS institution. This cross-enrollment policy will enhance the educational

opportunities of LCTCS students.

 

Specifically, the following guidelines for the cross-enrollment agreement:

 

1.

 

a student would be eligible to take one course at the host institution for each course

taken at the home institution, with a maximum of two courses taken at the host

institution; (see visiting/cross-enrolled students also guest students)

 

2.

 

the home institution would be responsible for assuring that the student met all

prerequisites for the course(s) approved for cross registration;

 

3.

 

a student would not be allowed to enroll at the host institution for any course offered

at the home institution during the semester of the cross enrollment; exceptions to this

policy would require the permission of the appropriate academic or instructional dean

of the home institution;

 

4.

 

a cross-enrolled student would follow the academic calendar and academic policies of

the host institution in all would assume responsibility for becoming familiar with said

calendar and policies;

 

5.

 

a cross-enrolled student would be eligible for a host institution student identification

to have access to the technology lab, library facilities, etc. at the host institution;

 

6.

 

a student who cross-enrolls at an institution requiring a parking permit the student

will have to purchase a parking permit from the host institution;

 

7.

 

a student would register and pay tuition/fees at the home institution for courses taken

a both institutions; the student would then register at the host institution for the

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approved courses using a “Cross-Enrollment” form, the home would get the

headcount and the host institution would the SCH;

 

8.

 

a student would pay any additional fees at the host institution, i.e., lab fees, but would

pay no application nor tuition at the host institution;

 

9.

 

immediately following 14

th

day (regular fall or spring semester) or 7

th

day (summer),

the registrars of the two institutions would exchange list of students cross-enrolled at

their institutions for the propose of state and federal reporting;

 

10.

 

exchange of tuition agreements will be made between institutions when

 

a.

 

one institution is offering a course on the campus of another institution;

b.

 

the course at the host institution is primarily filled with guest students, and

c.

 

in any other situation where the host institution would incur costs above the

revenue generated by that course;

 

11.

 

federal financial assistance will be awarded by student’s home institution based on

the hours taken at both institutions;

 

12.

 

copies of each institution’s semester class schedule would be made available to the

registrar of the cooperating institutions as soon as the schedule is published each

semester.

 

 

Definition of Terms:

 

Cross Enrollment:

a form of Concurrent Enrollment that refers to arrangements whereby a

student can be enrolled at one postsecondary institution but can also be taking classes at another

postsecondary institution.

 

Host/Visiting Institution (Visiting/Cross-Enrolled Students):

students enrolled in one or

more courses at the institution but whose Home Campus is another institution. The Home

Institution is the college designated to award the formal credential being sought by the student.

 

Home Institution:

as applied to Guest Students, the college in which the student is pursuing a

long-term educational plan. The Home Institution is the college from which the student is

seeking a formal credential.