Ohio

The institutions participating in CWID in Ohio include 13 public universities, five regional university campuses, and all 23 public community colleges. The Ohio Board of Regents (OBR), the coordinating body for Ohio’s comprehensive system of public postsecondary education, is the lead agency for the CWID initiative. Visit the Ohio’s CWID website to learn more about Ohio's reverse transfer process.

State Funder
Lumina Foundation

In March of 2014, OCCRL published an initial profile of each CWID state. The 2014 Ohio 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 Ohio Profile provides expands on and updates the areas covered in the 2014 profile with additional information on the sustainability of Ohio’s reverse transfer system. A total of 1,002 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 Ohio are listed below.

• Credit When It’s Due Process Model
• Credit When It’s Due: Reverse Transfer Process Flow (5/29/2015)
• Ohio Board of Regents Credit When It's Due Initiative
• Credit When It’s Due Support Letters
• Credit When It’s Due FAQs for Students
• Credit When It’s Due Campus Contacts for Students
• Transfer: An Indispensable Part of the Community College Mission | Executive Summary
• Reaching Out & Closing the Deal: A presentation from Georgetown University