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Transfer Credit Recovery: Earn What You’ve Earned Commonwealth University, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE)

Through participation in the NASH Improvement Community on Transfer, Commonwealth conducted an audit of all current students who had an associate’s degree and adjusted their degree audits accordingly to show the completion of the general education requirements. These changes positioned a number of students to graduate earlier than previously anticipated, reducing their total cost of attendance through shortening time to degree completion. Taking this work further with application of their Transfer Credit Framework, Commonwealth has audited the transcripts of all students who transferred in 30-59 credits to identify those who may have already fully satisfied general education requirements. Based on a fall 2022 audit, 456 students were able to receive a total of 2,414 additional transfer credits.