WICHE Interstate Passport is the only nationwide network of public and private two- and four-year colleges and universities focused on transferring lower-division general education classes as block transfers. Faculty from the institutions that participate in the passport program have developed the program’s framework, which includes learning outcomes for students and criteria used to assess whether or not students have met the learning outcomes.
Each institution decides how to enact the Passport Learning Outcomes (PLO) and criteria, including which classes students must take, the sequence of those courses, how to assess non-course-based learning experiences students may have, and the achievement levels students must meet. These requirements are known as the institution’s Passport Block. Institutions that are part of the WICHE Interstate Passport are required to accept any transfer student’s Passport Block, regardless of how different it may be from their own. This allows students to seamlessly and efficiently transfer blocks of lower-division general education knowledge that can then become transfer credits (the number of which is to be determined by the receiving institution) toward a degree program.
ACE Learning Evaluations uses the 63 Passport Learning Outcomes as a framework in evaluating and recommending college credit for training, certifications, and exams.
