A. Prior to December 31 of each year, the department shall report to the legislative finance committee and the governor regarding the status of articulation programs and the transfer of students between institutions.

B. The report developed by the department shall include the statewide meta-major and transfer modules available, an analysis of the number of students transferring between New Mexico's higher education institutions, the graduation rates and time to earn degrees of transfer students at receiving institutions, the average number of credit hours earned by graduating transfer students compared to the average number of credit hours earned by graduates who originated at the institution and a summary of student complaints regarding articulation. The report shall include data and other information obtained on both a statewide and individual institution basis.

C. The report shall look at outcomes with regard to such factors as transfer rates, persistence rates after transfer and graduation rates.

D. The report shall identify each institution against which a meritorious complaint has been filed. The report shall summarize the recommendations of the department with regard to those complaints.

E. All institutions shall provide articulation information required by the department for the development of the annual report prior to September 30 of each year.

History: Laws 1995, ch. 224, § 6; 2005, ch. 272, § 7; 2017, ch. 18, § 5.

The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, required the higher education department to include in its annual report the statewide meta-major and transfer modules available, graduation rates of transfer students, and the time to earn degrees for transfer students at receiving institutions; substituted "department" for "commission" throughout the section; in Subsection A, after "legislative finance committee", deleted "the legislative education study committee"; in Subsection B, after "shall include", added "the statewide meta-major and transfer modules available", after "transferring between", deleted "campuses, the number of credits being requested and accepted for transfer, institutions denying transfer of credits and reasons for denial" and added "New Mexico's higher education institutions", and after the next occurrence of "the", deleted "progress" and added "graduation rates and time to earn degrees"; and deleted Subsection F, which related to the effective dates of certain discipline modules.

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, provided in Subsection B that the report shall include the average number of credit hours earned by graduating transfer students compared to the average number of credit hours earned by graduates who originated at the institution; added Subsection C to provide that the report shall look at outcomes with regard to such factors as transfer rates, persistence rates after transfer and graduation rates; provided in Subsection D that the report shall summarize recommendations with regard to complaints; and added Subsection F to provide deadlines the preparation of the general education core, modules, and the common course numbering and naming system.