Analytic Quality Glossary
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Citation reference: Harvey, L., 2004–12, Analytic Quality Glossary, Quality Research International, http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/
This is a dynamic glossary and the author would welcome any e-mail suggestions for amendments or additions.
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Transcript
core definition
A printed or electronic record of student achievement while in higher
education
explanatory context
Also referred to as an academic transcript
analytical review
The University
of Ballarat, Australia, (2004) states:
An Academic Transcript is a record of a student's results for the duration of the student's enrolment at the University.
Charles Sturt University, Division of Student Administration (2011) defines an academic transcript as:
An official statement of a student's academic record in a course.
The Indiana
College Network, US, (2007) defines a transcript as:
student
record of grades, courses completed, and advancement toward a degree or toward
the completion of a program.
Transcripts are also part of the development of Progress Files
in the UK. The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) (2004)
describes transcript as follows:
á The transcript provides a comprehensive
verifiable record of the learning and achievement of an individual learner;
á transcripts should also provide learners
with a record of their learning while they are studying; a formative statement that should help
students monitor and reflect on their progress, and plan their further academic
development;
á the Guidelines for HE progress files, É encourage higher education
institutions to introduce a transcript, that includes a consistent data set, by
2001/2002, but notes that the use of such a transcript would not be expected
until 2002/2003.[It
is not clear whether this has been implemented to schedule across the sector]
related terms
sources
Charles Sturt University, Division of Student Administration, 2011, Glossary of Terms, available at http://www.csu.edu.au/division/student-admin/glossary.htm accessed 31 January 2011, not available 28 January 2012.
Indiana College Network (ICN), 2007, ÔGlossary' http://www.icn.org/about/glossary.html, last modified
Quality Assurance
Agency for Higher Education (QAA), 2004,
Publications: Progress files for Higher Education http://www.qaa.ac.uk/crntwork/progfileHE/contents.htm
University of Ballarat, Australia, (2004) Administrative & Academic Support Portfolio, Student Services, Academic Transcripts. http://www.ballarat.edu.au/aasp/student/admin/he/academictranscript.shtml Last updated 30 August, 2004, not available at this address 9 February 2011.