Credit Banking

Credit Banking allows for credits earned in one program at the high school / career center to actually apply as credits in the associate degree program at The University of Akron's Community & Technical College or Wayne College.

Working with colleagues from participating high schools and career centers, college faculty contribute to the development of final exams for specific courses that cover material that is included in some of the first year technical courses. Together, faculty from both institutions would establish minimum exam scores for The University of Akron that would merit credit for the corresponding college-level course.

Given the involvement of the college's faculty, these tests would be considered as meeting "credit by exam" requirements. Qualifying students would pay the required fee, currently $25.00 a credit hour, that would normally be charged for this process and for the resulting credit at the College.

The credit for the students would be "banked" for them at the participating college until such time as they enroll at the Community and Technical College or Wayne College. Their enrollment would "activate" the banked credits so they would then appear on the student's college transcript.