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<p class="MsoNormal">I just got a question from our Vice President for Academic Affairs regarding clock hours. Our published transfer policies state, essentially, that coursework has to be recorded in quarter hours or semester hours in order to directly transfer.
We sometimes do prior experiential learning evaluations and use the Carnegie definition of 16 contact hours constituting 1 credit hour in those evaluations. Our VPAA is wondering about the possibility of using this definition to award transfer credit from
other regionally-accredited institutions when the coursework is recorded in clock hours instead of credit hours.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t think we have any rules in place that would prohibit this practice, but it’s something new to me. What are your thoughts/current practices?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959">Chris McNay</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#595959"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959">Associate Registrar & PDSO</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#404040"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959">Union Institute & University I 440 East McMillan Street I Cincinnati, OH 45206</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#595959"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959">Direct: 513.487.1277 I 800.861.6400, ext. 1277</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#595959"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#30783B"><a href="mailto:chris.mcnay@myunion.edu"><span style="color:#30783B">chris.mcnay@myunion.edu</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#30783B"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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