LibraryC4 Enablers4a Technology and systems
LTI-ENA-001
Implement a centralized public searchable credit transfer database
Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearappliesFour-year to four-yearapplies
Mechanism
A public portal such as CUNY Transfer Explorer exposes millions of course-to-course and program-to-program rules. Students, advisors and faculty can check what a credit is worth before anyone enrolls.
Preconditions
Course equivalency databases populated and kept in a consistent digital format.
Owner, by role
Director of Transfer Technology and Systems
Who can act
System, state or accreditor (CUNY system adoption)
Effort
Large, 18 months to first visible effect
Outcome metric
Monthly unique users; credit applicability at transfer
Failure modes
System utility declines if underlying source data is not systematically monitored and cleaned.
Contra-indications
None stated
Related practices
- LTI-ENA-002 Integrate transfer credit rules directly into enterprise student information systems