Q: How do we sign up?

Contact your Clearinghouse regional director .

Q: I don’t see my questions listed in the FAQs, where else can I go for help?

Please check our R everse Transfer Knowledge Base or email us at rtsupport@studentclearinghouse.org for all other inquiries.

Question 1

What is Reverse Transfer?

duclos · Accepted Answer

The National Student Clearinghouse’s Reverse Transfer platform is the first national automated solution that enables course and grade data to be transferred from a four- or two-year institution to any two-year institution in order to award associate degrees to eligible students.

In Reverse Transfer, the two parties exchanging course and grade data are known as the host institution (the institution where the student is currently enrolled) and degree-granting institution or DGI (the institution that will be awarding the degree). A host institution can be either a four- or two-year institution.

Question 2

Does the degree-granting institution need to obtain an official transcript from the host institution before awarding an associate degree to an eligible student?

duclos · Accepted Answer

Reverse Transfer’s course and grade data exchange provides all the necessary student data directly from the host to facilitate credit evaluation and awarding the degree without an official transcript. The Clearinghouse, however, is not involved in the DGI’s decision, which may or may not also require an official transcript.

Question 3

How many credits do students need to be eligible for Reverse Transfer?

duclos · Accepted Answer

The typical minimum number of credits for an associate degree is 60. DGI’s can filter total earned credit hours for students they receive in their Reverse Transfer files. Some schools prefer to evaluate student who have not earned less credits so they can advise them on the appropriate equivalent course work required at the host to further foster Reverse Transfer degree completion. Other DGI’s prefer to increase the limit as they have found a greater percentage of degrees have been awarded to records evaluated at a higher credit threshold than the typical 60.

Question 4

Does Reverse Transfer comply with FERPA?

duclos · Accepted Answer

Like all Clearinghouse services, Reverse Transfer is designed to facilitate an institution’s compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), The Higher Education Act, and other applicable laws.

Question 5

How is student consent obtained and tracked for Reverse Transfer?

duclos · Accepted Answer

Obtaining and tracking student consent is handled outside of the Clearinghouse’s solution by either the host institution or DGI. Host institutions only send course and grade data for eligible students via Reverse Transfer once consent is obtained.

Question 6

How do institutions determine that students are eligible for Reverse Transfer?

duclos · Accepted Answer

Eligibility requirements for reverse transfer degrees are handled between the institutions exchanging course and grade data. The host institutions only send student information via the course and grade data exchange platform.

Question 7

Is there a cost to participate?

duclos · Accepted Answer

No, Reverse Transfer is free to collegiate institutions. Schools must be enrolled in Enrollment Reporting and DegreeVerify to participate.

Question 8

How do we sign up?

Kim Duclos · Accepted Answer

Contact your Clearinghouse regional director.

Question 9

I don’t see my questions listed in the FAQs, where else can I go for help?

National Student Clearinghouse · Accepted Answer

Please check our Reverse Transfer Knowledge Base or email us at rtsupport@studentclearinghouse.org for all other inquiries.

Question 10

Where can I find technical and functional documentation for Reverse Transfer?

duclos · Accepted Answer

Visit How Reverse Transfer Works and our Reverse Transfer Knowledge Base for more information.

Reverse Transfer FAQs

Reverse Transfer