Service-Members Opportunity College

CCRI recognizes the unique problems faced by military students whose jobs require frequent moves.  

CCRI as a SOC member school makes it easier to obtain a college degree rather than just accumulate course credit by:

• Limiting the amount of course work students must take to no more than 25% of degree requirements
• Designing transfer practices to minimize loss of credit and avoid duplication of course work 
• Awarding credit for military experience
• Awarding credit for tests such as CLEP, and DSST national testing programs.

CCRI, as a SOC member institution:

• Guarantees to accept other institution’s courses in transfer within curriculum areas such as management, computer studies, interdisciplinary studies, and others
• Awards credit for military service schools and occupational experience 
• Acts as a "home college" and issues a Student Agreement that serves as a degree plan to enrolled students.  The Student Agreement acts as a contract-for-degree, so that courses, tests, and military experience that are part of the degree plan are transferred back to the home college  
 

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This page last modified on: March 22, 2006