Educators
Background
Ohio’s Credit When It’s Due (CWID) initiative started in 2013 to assist eligible students with obtaining an associate degree through collaboration between Ohio’s public institutions. CWID emphasizes degree attainment for students that have some college experience but no degree by offering a pathway to an associate degree. Students can benefit by earning an associate degree while working toward a baccalaureate degree, or by earning a degree with college credit earned at a two-year college attended previously. All of Ohio’s 23 community colleges and 13 universities participate in the Credit When It’s Due initiative.
Increasing credential attainment in Ohio is one of the Department of Higher Education’s top priorities. The objectives of the Credit When It’s Due (CWID) initiative directly align with recommendations from the Complete College Ohio Task Force report. CWID provides Ohio’s two-year and four-year institutions the resources to award associate degrees to students who have completed the requisite course work, but have not received a degree.
Resources
INFO FOR STUDENTS
- Credit When It's Due: FAQs for Students
- Credit When It's Due: Campus Contacts for Students
- Credit When It's Due: Trifold Brochure (PDF)
INFO FOR ADMINISTRATORS
PRESENTATIONS
CITATIONS FROM BROCHURE
- Carnevale, Anthony P.; Rose , Stephen J.; and Cheah, Ban. “The College Payoff”. Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. 2011. Page 2. Web. https://cew.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/collegepayoff-summary.pdf
- Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole; Strohl, Jeff. “Recovery 2020”. Job Growth and Education Requirements through 2020. Executive Summary. Georgetown University Public Policy Institute. Center on Education and the Workforce. 2013. Page 3. Web. https://cew.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Recovery2020.ES_.Web_.pdf
- Carnevale, Anthony P.; Cheah, Ban. “From Hard Times to Better Times.” College Majors, Unemployment, and Earnings. Georgetown University Public Policy Institute. Center on Education and the Workforce. 2015. Page 9. Web. https://cew.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/HardTimes2015-Report.pdf
- Dungey, Cynthia C. “Education Pays”. Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. 2014. Web. Current Population Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor http://jfs.ohio.gov/owd/omjresources/edupays.stm
For any questions, please feel free to contact Michelle Blaney, mblaney@highered.ohio.gov, (614) 644-9601, at the Ohio Articulation and Transfer Network/Ohio Department of Higher Education.