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LTI-ENA-002

Integrate transfer credit rules directly into enterprise student information systems

Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearappliesFour-year to four-yearapplies

Mechanism

Course-by-course and block equivalency rules are written into the central student information system, so records build themselves. A student sees which credits were accepted and which were applied the day they are admitted.

Preconditions

One systemwide enterprise platform, such as PeopleSoft or Banner.

Owner, by role

Chief Information Officer / University Registrar

Who can act

System, state or accreditor

Effort

Large, 12 months to first visible effect

Outcome metric

Time to post transferred credit to a live student record

Failure modes

Custom local configurations by individual campuses can break systemwide rule automation.

Contra-indications

None stated

Related practices

  • LTI-ENA-001 Implement a centralized public searchable credit transfer database