College Credit for Heroes
You learned a lot while serving your country.
Why not get credit for it?
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) awarded a grant in the amount of $198,154 to the University of Houston-Clear Lake through its College Credit for Heroes (CCH) program, a statewide effort designed to maximize the award of college credit to veterans and service members for their military experience.
At the University of Houston-Clear Lake, we are developing a standardized process
for Veteran and Active-Duty Service Members to be able to utilize their military training
credits towards select bachelor's degrees. This would place students on a fast track
to completing a degree and elevate them in their next career.
The program's goal is to eliminate obstacles in a student's pursuit to attain licensing,
certification, accreditation and degree awards. CCH is designed to recognize the knowledge
and skills gained by military service members and to award college credit for military
training, enabling veterans to re-enter the workforce more easily. Each participating
institution retains the right to determine applicability to specific degrees. The
University of Houston-Clear Lake is a partner institution in the CCH Program, and
as a participating Texas university in the CCH program agrees to formalize a sustainable
evaluation process to accept training credits recommended through the ACE Military
Guide System where appropriate. This process will be formalized in year one, with
the goal of launching the process and the official evaluation of the training credits
during the admission phase starting Fall 2024.
The grant is for a two-year period, and began on August 1, 2023. Please check back
for updates.
Contact Toni Rico, Military Credit Coordinator at RicoToni@uhcl.edu or 281-212-1617.