Virtual College of Texas

[clep3705]

The Virtual College of Texas provides a means for a Texas community college student to enroll in online courses taught at another community college. The credits appear on the student's local community college transcript.

Here is where to find the available courses: https://www.vct.org/schedule/stdview_cat.php

It is possible that your local community college may not allow you to take courses through the Virtual College of Texas. Mine would not.

If you don't live in Texas, the list of available courses might make you aware of online courses at a particular school. You could enroll directly at the school in question and take the course as one of their courses.

[sanantone]

The main benefit of VCT is that you can take courses at other CCs at the in-district rate offered at your local CC.

[cathgrl]

Michigan has something somewhat similar in Michigan Colleges online, but the pricing isn't so good. In many cases, you're still paying the out of district pricing. And Washtenaw CC in Ann Arbor charges a few dollars more for online classes to everyone living in the USA then in district tuition. So why do students use the collaborative? Because the home school agrees to do the billing to the student, so the courses are eligible for financial aid.

[cookderosa]

Nice! I like cooperative agreements within the community college system.

[dfrecore]

The main benefit of VCT is that you can take courses at other CCs at the in-district rate offered at your local CC.

CA CC's don't have "districts." We can just go to any CC in the state, and it's the same price everywhere ($46/cr). There may be some miscellaneous fees that differ a little, but in general the prices are about the same everywhere. It sounds less complicated than some of these other systems.

[TrailRunr]

CA CC's don't have "districts." We can just go to any CC in the state, and it's the same price everywhere ($46/cr). There may be some miscellaneous fees that differ a little, but in general the prices are about the same everywhere. It sounds less complicated than some of these other systems.

There are community college districts in California like the Foothill-De Anza college district, but it hardly matters except to decide which CC your property taxes will pay.

I mention FHDA specifically because out-of-state can get the same in-state tuition for up to 6.5 credits in that community college district. Foothill college has a bunch of online courses. Which will probably cost around $200 all-in except textbooks. I don't know why more people don't try Foothill or De Anza from out-of-state.

[dfrecore]

There are community college districts in California like the Foothill-De Anza college district, but it hardly matters except to decide which CC your property taxes will pay.

I mention FHDA specifically because out-of-state can get the same in-state tuition for up to 6.5 credits in that community college district. Foothill college has a bunch of online courses. Which will probably cost around $200 all-in except textbooks. I don't know why more people don't try Foothill or De Anza from out-of-state.

Yes, we do have districts (I think all of our CC's are in one district or another), but not in the same sense; it doesn't limit who can go to that school in any way, just in how it gets paid for. Anyone can go to any CC no matter which district you happen to live in.

[sanantone]

Michigan has something somewhat similar in Michigan Colleges online, but the pricing isn't so good. In many cases, you're still paying the out of district pricing. And Washtenaw CC in Ann Arbor charges a few dollars more for online classes to everyone living in the USA then in district tuition. So why do students use the collaborative? Because the home school agrees to do the billing to the student, so the courses are eligible for financial aid.

That's another reason. You can't receive financial aid at more than one school, and you have to take a certain number of credits at one school in order to qualify for the aid.

Yes, we do have districts (I think all of our CC's are in one district or another), but not in the same sense; it doesn't limit who can go to that school in any way, just in how it gets paid for. Anyone can go to any CC no matter which district you happen to live in.

Anyone can attend any of the CCs in Texas, but they will pay different rates. CCs in Texas are funded by the state and participating local governments, so there is an in-district, in-state, and out-of-state rate. I lived in a city and school district that paid no taxes to any community college system, so the best I could get was the in-state rate.

[cathgrl]

I see that Foothill De Anza is on the quarter hour system, which effectively means one course per term.

[dfrecore]

Anyone can attend any of the CCs in Texas, but they will pay different rates. CCs in Texas are funded by the state and participating local governments, so there is an in-district, in-state, and out-of-state rate. I lived in a city and school district that paid no taxes to any community college system, so the best I could get was the in-state rate.

I am not good with my words today. What I meant to say was, there is no "in-district" pricing - just in-state and out-of-state. But since our in-state rates are so good, I am not complaining about that!