This is a completed, archived project for OCCRL.

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.

CWID initiative site ›

Tennessee

The reverse transfer Credit When It’s Due initiative is a collaborative of the higher education community in Tennessee. The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC), the state’s higher education executive office; The University of Tennessee (UT), comprising four universities including a health science center; the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR), comprising six universities, 13 community colleges, and 27 diploma-and certificate-granting colleges of applied technology; and the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association (TICUA), comprising 34 non-profit institutions. All public institutions are participating in Reverse Transfer as are nine TICUA institutions.

State Funder
Lumina Foundation

Tennessee Profile

In March of 2014, OCCRL published a profile of each CWID state. The 2014 Tennessee Profile includes descriptions of a) goal,  b) key activities planned, c) challenges and anticipated challenges, and d) successes to date.

In May of 2015, OCCRL published a second profile of each CWID state.  The 2015 Tennessee Profile provides expands on and updates the areas covered in the 2014 profile with additional information on the sustainability of Tennessee’s reverse transfer system. Key implementation strategies outlined in the profiles are below, please see the profiles for further description.

Key Implementation Strategies:

  • Reverse transfer taskforce and workgroups
  • Semi-automated degree audit process
  • Two phases of implementation

Institutions Participating in Credit When It's Due:

Community Colleges

  • Chattanooga State
  • Cleveland State
  • Columbia State
  • Dyersburg State
  • Jackson State
  • Motlow State
  • Nashville State
  • Northeast State
  • Pellissippi State
  • Roane State
  • Southwest Tennessee
  • Volunteer State
  • Walters State

Public Universities

  • Austin Peay State University
  • East Tennessee State University
  • Middle Tennessee State University
  • Tennessee State University
  • Tennessee Technological University
  • University of Memphis
  • University of Tennessee Chattanooga
  • University of Tennessee-Knoxville
  • University of Tennessee-Martin

Private Four-Year Institutions

  • Carson-Newman University
  • Christian Brothers University
  • Freed-Hardeman University
  • Lipscomb University
  • Maryville College
  • Memphis College of Art
  • Milligan College
  • Tusculum College