{"id":14122,"date":"2015-10-05T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=14122"},"modified":"2015-10-23T16:43:27","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T20:43:27","slug":"149-utc-students-may-earn-reverse-transfer-degrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2015\/10\/149-utc-students-may-earn-reverse-transfer-degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"149 UTC students may earn reverse transfer degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many students who transferred from a Tennessee community college to pursue a bachelor\u2019s degree may be eligible to retroactively receive the associate degree they started through the state\u2019s new reverse transfer program.<\/p>\n

Of the 606 eligible students at UTC, 149 opted in to pursue an associate\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n

More than 7,500 students currently enrolled at participating public and private four-year schools across the state were notified in August of their potential eligibility and invited to sign up for a free degree audit. About 23 percent or 1,755 opted in this semester and will be told in December if the courses they\u2019ve completed meet graduation requirements for a two-year degree.<\/p>\n

Tennessee Reverse Transfer is a unique partnership involving the state\u2019s public and private higher education systems and investments totaling almost $700,000 from the state and Lumina Foundation, an Indianapolis-based independent, private foundation committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials.<\/p>\n

The program also signifies a shared commitment to helping more Tennesseans earn college degrees and aligns with the state\u2019s Drive to 55 initiative. Currently, only 33 percent of Tennesseans have certificates or degrees beyond high school, and studies show that by 2025, that number must be 55 percent to meet workforce demands.<\/p>\n

Reverse Transfer rolled out across the state during the spring 2015 semester at 14 participating two- and four-year schools. Even in partial implementation, 341 reverse transfer degrees were awarded in June.<\/p>\n

Fourteen more colleges and universities came on board in August. To date, 28 schools are participating in the program\u2014making Tennessee one of a handful of states in the country creating reverse transfer programs on this scale.<\/p>\n

Eligible transfer students are identified and notified each semester. Students who opt in but do not meet requirements are told the courses they lack and contacted again the next semester.<\/p>\n

Criteria for eligibility:<\/p>\n