Texas Transfer Alliance
HELPING TRANSFER STUDENTS THRIVE
The Texas Transfer Alliance is a statewide, cross-sector collaboration designed to achieve student success through improvements in credit mobility, academic transfer, and credentialing. The focus is inclusive of learning that occurs in a variety of high-quality settings, including high school, postsecondary education, the military, and the workforce.
GROWING TEXAS TALENT by IMPROVING CREDIT MOBILITY
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) has set critical targets in its Building a Talent Strong Texas strategic plan, including:
- 550,000 students will complete postsecondary credentials of value each year.
- 95% of students will graduate with no undergraduate student debt or manageable levels of debt in relation to their potential earnings.
Recognizing that the majority of learners in Texas today are moving across work and learning experiences, the Texas Transfer Alliance understands that these Talent Strong Texas targets cannot be met without a statewide focus on improved transfer and credit mobility. The Texas Transfer Alliance positions its work as critical to helping the state meet the Talent Strong Texas targets.
INFORM POLICYMAKERS
Educate about key policy issues impacting student education.
BUILD MOMENTUM FOR CHANGE
Engage collective action before and during legislative sessions.
A COLLABORATION OF TEXAS UNIVERSITIES & COMMUNITY COLLEGES
The Alliance is convened by Educate Texas. Members include the Texas Association of Community Colleges, university systems, 2- and 4-year institutions, and affiliated partners. Click here to learn more.
The Texas Transfer Alliance Steering Committee guides this work.
LEADING INFORMATION AND SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS
In 2024, Educate Texas received generous funding from Ascendium to drive a robust two-year agenda that will focus on four core pillars:
- Convene Texas higher education leadership to advance credit mobility
- Build data research and capacity to better inform decision making
- Support institutional practices, including leveraging new tools and technologies
- Advance grantmaking and partnerships, including institutional grants, to forge new approaches and spread what works
Texas Transfer Alliance Members
System Members:
- Texas A&M University System
- Texas State University System
- Texas Tech University System
- University of North Texas System
- University of Texas System
Institutional Members:
- Alamo Colleges District (2025-26)
- Tarleton State University (2025-26)
Organizational members:
- Educate Texas (lead and fiscal agent)
- Charles A Dana Center, UT-Austin
- Texas Association of Community Colleges
Texas Transfer Alliance Steering Committee
- Dr. Rachael Capua, Tarleton State University
- Elizabeth Chivers, Texas Association of Community Colleges
- Priscilla Aquino Garza, Educate Texas
- Dr. Rebecca Karoff, University of Texas System
- Dr. George Railey, Jr., Alamo Colleges District