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