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LibraryC1 High-value operations1c Credit evaluation and articulation

LTI-OPS-022

Establish a formal multi-stage transfer credit appeal process

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

Mechanism

Students can appeal a credit denial through a published process with set deadlines and a defined evidence standard. It is a safety valve for decisions that were arbitrary.

Preconditions

Appeal guidelines and named contacts published in the catalog and on the website.

Owner, by role

Registrar / Academic Appeals Committee

Who can act

One institution alone

Effort

Small, 3 months to first visible effect

Outcome metric

Appealed credits overturned and applied to the degree

Failure modes

Appeal forms may be buried on registrar websites, or decisions can be delayed past add/drop deadlines, making the appeal practically useless.

Contra-indications

None stated