Develop an electronic clearinghouse for systemwide student transcript exchange

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

Discontinued

Ohio ATC described in the source as outdated, with third parties having taken over

Mechanism

An electronic clearinghouse such as Ohio's ATC moves transcripts between campuses securely and instantly. Manual re-entry disappears, and so does the lag.

Preconditions

Shared data formats and live system APIs across participating campuses.

Owner, by role

System Registrar / IT Systems Architect

Who can act

System, state or accreditor

Effort

Large, 12 to 18 months to first visible effect

Outcome metric

Days to transmit, receive and evaluate a transfer transcript

Failure modes

Technical obsolescence or lack of funding can lead to system shutdowns, requiring third-party interventions.

Contra-indications

None stated