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For current and future Credit When It's Due (CWID) information, please see the CWID initiative site on the University of Washington's Community College Research Initiatives website.

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Arkansas

Arkansas’ reverse transfer effort involves all 22 public community colleges and 11 public universities. Most Arkansas universities are authorized to confer the associate’s degree, so reverse transfer implementation in Arkansas includes conferral of associate’s degrees by community colleges and universities.

State Funder
The Kresge Foundation

Arkansas Profile

In March of 2014, OCCRL published an initial profile of each CWID state. The 2014 Arkansas Profile includes descriptions of a) the state implementation context, b) key implementation strategies, c) reverse transfer process, d) implementation successes and challenges, e) implementation successes and challenges, f) institutions participating in Credit When It’s Due, and g) state contact information.

In May of 2015, OCCRL published a second profile of each CWID state.  The 2015 Arkansas Profile provides expands on and updates the areas covered in the 2015 with additional information and information on sustainability of Arkansas’s reverse transfer system. A total of 249 credentials were awarded as of May 2015. Key implementation strategies outlined in the profiles are below, please see the profiles for further description

Key Implementation Strategies:

  • interagency leadership and steering committee
  • pilot strategy and leveraging existing data capacity
  • statewide expansion and launch

Institutions Participating in Credit When It's Due:

  • Arkansas Northeastern College
  • Arkansas State University – Beebe
  • Arkansas State University – Jonesboro
  • Arkansas State University – Mountain Home
  • Arkansas State University – Newport
  • Arkansas Tech University
  • Black River Technical College
  • College of the Ouachitas
  • Cossatot Community College of the UA
  • East Arkansas Community College
  • Henderson State University
  • Mid-South Community College
  • National Park Community College
  • North Arkansas College
  • Northwest Arkansas Community College
  • Ozarka College
  • Phillips Community College /UA
  • Pulaski Technical College
  • Rich Mountain Community College
  • South Arkansas Community College
  • Southeast Arkansas College
  • Southern Arkansas University – Magnolia
  • Southern Arkansas University – Tech
  • University of Arkansas Community College – Morrilton
  • University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville
  • University of Arkansas Community College at Hope
  • University of Arkansas at Little Rock
  • University of Arkansas at Monticello
  • University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Science
  • University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
  • University of Arkansas, Fort Smith
  • University of Central Arkansas

Arkansas Resources