United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-10-18 monographic deposited born digital 41 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-22 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-22 P0b002ee18038697f f:d0622 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-22 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-22 GAO-06-22 Certification and accreditation College students Colleges and universities Education or training costs Educational standards Federal legislation Higher education Institution accreditation Standards evaluation Student financial aid College credits Transfer students Dept. of Education Title IV Program Other Written Product A39699 Each year thousands of students transfer from one postsecondary institution to another. The credit transfer process, to the extent that it delays students' progress, can affect the affordability of postsecondary education and the time it takes students to graduate. Seeking information on the processes and requirements that postsecondary institutions have in place to assess requests to transfer academic credits, Congress asked GAO to examine (1) how postsecondary education institutions decide which credits to accept for transfer, (2) how states and accrediting agencies facilitate the credit transfer process, and (3) the implications for students and the federal government of students' inability to transfer credits. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-22/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-22.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-22/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-22.pdf GAO-06-22 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-22 Other Written Product GAO-06-22; Transfer Students: Postsecondary Institutions Could Promote More Consistent Consideration of Coursework by Not Basing Determinations on Accreditation; Certification and accreditation College students Colleges and universities Education or training costs Educational standards Federal legislation Higher education Institution accreditation Standards evaluation Student financial aid College credits Transfer students Dept. of Education Title IV Program