LBCC and OSU Sign Reverse Transfer Agreement
OSU President Ed Ray, left, and LBCC President Greg Hamann sign a Memorandom of Understanding to implement the Reverse Transfer agreement, the first of its kind in the state. LBCC and Oregon State University took the first steps today to implement a program to award transfer students with a “reverse transfer” associate’s degree. The program, known as the Reverse Transfer Degree program , will allow students who are dually-enrolled through the LBCC/OSU Degree Partnership program to be awarded an associate’s degree from LBCC, even though they did not finish their degree here. Here’s how it works: Say you’re an LBCC student taking classes at both institutions, and you decide that you have enough LBCC credits to fully attend OSU. You accomplished what you set out to do at LBCC, but you did not actually “finish” your two-year degree. Academic advisors at OSU and LBCC will carefully track your progress, and when you have met the requirements for an LBCC associate degree...