Posted: March 18, 2025; revised and re-posted April 30, 2025; revised and re-posted May 9, 2025

Passed: May 19, 2025

Sponsored: Educational Policies Committee and various Senators

Background

Revised resolution in support of a Cornell University transfer credit policy for undergraduate students (May 9)

Revised resolution in support of a Cornell University transfer credit policy for undergraduate student (April 30)

Proposed resolution in support of a Cornell University transfer credit policy for undergraduate students (originally posted March 18)

Background

Policy (revised May 9)

Policy (revised April 30 & May 6)

Summary of revisions to the proposed policy – May 9, 2025

Summary of Revisions to the proposed policy

Resolution

Resolution in Support of a Cornell University Transfer Credit Policy for Undergraduate Students

Whereas currently, Cornell colleges/schools have different systems for awarding transfer credits;

Whereas the current disjointed approaches produce hardships and inequities for transfer students, including substantial delays in transfer credit decisions and notifications and inconsistent transfer credit evaluations;

Whereas the current transfer credit evaluation processes are cumbersome and involve time-consuming, repetitive processes for staff and faculty;

Whereas the Proposal in Support of a Resolution to Adopt a Transfer Credit Policy for Undergraduate Students explains in detail these hardships and inequities for transfer students and the laborious administrative processes for staff and faculty involved in transfer credit evaluations;

Whereas the Proposal also explains how the proposed Cornell University Transfer Credit Policy for Undergraduate Students would substantially mitigate, and in some dimensions eliminate, the significant failures of our present systems;

Whereas pursuant to the proposed Cornell University Transfer Credit Policy for Undergraduate Students, the university would (1) adopt university-wide standards and methods for assigning transfer credits, including standards for evaluating course equivalencies and calculating credits for quarter-term courses and (2) develop a university-wide database that contains transfer credit evaluations upon which colleges/schools and academic departments/majors would rely and provides a web-based public portal that allows students to promptly and easily determine their transfer credit awards at Cornell;

Whereas the Faculty Senate Educational Policy Committee (EPC) and other members of the Faculty Senate at its April 9 meeting recommended various revisions that were adopted and are reflected in a revised policy;

Be it therefore resolved that the university adopt the revised Cornell University Transfer Credit Policy for Undergraduate Students.