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Good news from the President's Council. The University President's Council recently distributed the attached article. I know that there has been a lot of discussion regarding credit transfer. I'm pleased to see just how many community colleges and universities have populated the Wizard! Transfer Wizard under construction In 2004, the Cherry Commission recommended to Governor Jennifer Granholm the creation of a web-based tool to help students identify which college credits from one institution would transfer for comparable credit at another institution. The Transfer Wizard concept has been adopted by other states as well, including Ohio. Michigan State University in partnership with the Michigan Association of College Registrars and Admissions Officers (MACRAO) has created an interactive tool designed to be user-friendly to students and academic advisors. Previously, MACRAO hosted the Michigan College Mall (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=vbm4lccab.0.sdtqbccab.jezbnxbab.434&ts=S0261&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.macrao.org%2Fmcm.asp%3FFloor%3D3)which identifies all participating institutions across the state. One feature of the mall was a transfer equivalency tool which provided transfer credit policy statements from each of the institutions. The Transfer Wizard, by contrast, will allow students to identify specific courses from the sending institution and discern whether comparable courses are available and if credits will transfer. Currently, there are 12 institutions with data available and an additional 12 in the process. The tool includes both public and private, two- and four-year institutions and will be formally announced in the near future.