North Carolina

The public higher education system in North Carolina consists of the University of North Carolina (UNC) system and the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). The UNC system includes 16 public universities and the NCCCS system includes 58 public community colleges. North Carolina’s CWID efforts are engaging 15 community colleges and eight universities during the grant period with the expectation that reverse transfer will be scaled statewide. Visit the North Carolina’s Reverse Transfer Website to learn more about North Carolina's reverse transfer process.

State Funder
USA Funds

In March of 2014, OCCRL published an initial profile of each CWID state. The 2014 North Carolina 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 North Carolina Profile provides expands on and updates the areas covered in the 2014 profile with additional information on the sustainability of North Carolina’s reverse transfer system. A total of 665 credentials were awarded as of May 2015. Key implementation strategies outlined in the profiles are below, please see the profiles for further description.

Many of the CWID state partners have shared resources they have developed in the course of implementing reverse transfer in their state.  The resources that have been shared by North Carolina are listed below.

• Reverse Transfer at Appalachian State University
• Reverse Transfer User Guide
• National Summit on Reverse Transfer