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Texas

The Texas Reverse Transfer Initiative (TRTI) was developed to address Texas House Bill 3025, which requires higher education to create a process to award associate’s degrees through reverse credit transfer. HB 3025 applied to students who attended a 2-year institution prior to enrollment at a 4-year institution; who have earned at least 30 credit hours at a 2-year institution; and who have earned a cumulative total of at least 66 credit hours after enrolling at a 4-year institution.

State Funder
Lumina Foundation

Texas Profile

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

Key Implementation Strategies:

  • State leadership and advisory group
  • Institutional partner engagement and commitment
  • Streamline reverse transfer processes and leverage technology
  • Increase awareness

Institutions Participating in Credit When It's Due:

  • Alamo Community College District
  • Alvin Community College
  • Amarillo College
  • Austin Community College
  • Blinn College
  • Collin County Community College District
  • Dallas County Community College District
  • Del Mar College
  • El Paso Community College
  • Galveston College
  • Howard College
  • Kilgore College
  • Lamar University
  • Lone Star College System (Lead Partner)
  • McLennan Community College
  • Midland College
  • Paris Junior College
  • Sam Houston State University
  • San Jacinto Community College
  • South Texas College
  • Tarrant County College District
  • Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
  • Texas State University
  • University of Houston – Clear Lake
  • University of North Texas
  • University of Texas – Pan American
  • University of Texas at Arlington
  • University of Texas at Austin (Co-Lead Partner)
  • University of Texas at Dallas
  • University of Texas at El Paso
  • Weatherford College
  • West Texas College
  • Western Texas College

* Partners are continuing to join.

Texas Resources

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 Texas are listed below.