REVERSE TRANSFER May 30, 2012

Our Process Identified eligible students through Institutional Research. Contacted students via . Sent electronic transcripts to community colleges. Community colleges performed degree audits. Provided current student contact information to community colleges. Gathered data on number of degrees awarded.

Timeline February 3, 2012 Initial Task Force Meeting February 6- March 1, 2012 Identified eligible students and created student communi- cations. March 2, ed Northeast CC transfers. March 29, ed all reverse transfer prospects. April 2, 2012 MACRAO Presentation April – May 2012 UM transcripts sent and degree Audits performed by community colleges. May 2012 Degrees conferred.

Eligible students Enrolled at UM within last 5 years Have not earned a baccalaureate degree Minimum of 64 earned college hours Minimum of 16 hours earned from single community college

Report of eligible students Minimum of 16 Transfer Hours from Institution and No Associate Degree* MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE TOTAL CC TRAN S TOTAL UM DEGRE E TOTAL CURRENT LY ENROLLE D NO DEGREE Total UM Degree Enroll ed No Degre e Total UM Degree Enroll ed No Degre e Total UM Degree Enroll ed No Degre e Total UM Degree Enroll ed No Degre e Total UM Degree Enroll ed No Degre e Coahoma Copiah-Lincoln East Central East Mississippi Hinds Holmes Itawamba Jones County Meridian Mississippi Delta Mississippi Gulf Coast Northeast Northwest Pearl River Southwest Wood TOTAL** UNDUPLICATED TOTAL * Student has not received an associate degree from any Mississippi Community College. **Students are counted at each community college attended with minimum of 16 earned hours.

Initial to NEMCC transfers Dear Student: A recent audit of your record indicates that you transferred from a community college to The University of Mississippi without earning an associate’s degree. Based upon an assessment of preliminary data, you may have met the requirements to earn an associate’s degree during your time at The University of Mississippi: You may be able to transfer the additional college courses you have earned back to the community college to meet the associate’s degree requirements. In order to determine if you have met the associate’s degree requirements, we will need to send your University of Mississippi transcript to the Registrar’s Office of the community college that you attended. The Registrar’s Office at the community college will perform a degree audit to determine if you have satisfied the requirements for the associate’s degree. This will not have any negative effect on your progress toward a degree at The University of Mississippi and may result in your being awarded an associate’s degree from your community college. If you would like to pursue this exciting opportunity, please complete the attached form and return it to the Registrar’s Office as soon as possible. You may wish to bring the form to the office (104 Martindale) or fax it to us at We are happy to send your University of Mississippi transcript at no cost to you. Please feel free to contact the Registrar’s Office at with any questions regarding this matter. Sincerely yours, Charlotte N. Fant Registrar

Transcript request form ***TRANSCRIPT REQUEST FOR REVERSE TRANSFER CREDIT*** THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR 104 MARTINDALE STUDENT SERVICES CENTER PO BOX 1848 UNIVERSITY, MS Phone: Fax: All transcript requests must be made in writing. Fill out this form completely with your signature. You may either fax this form to the above listed number or deliver to address noted above. Name: ________________________________________________________________________________ First Middle (Maiden, If Applicable) Last Date of Birth: _________________________ SSN or Student ID # ______________________________ Daytime Phone Number: __________________________ Address: _______________________ Send Transcript To: Northeast Mississippi Community College ________________________________________________________________________ Student Name and Address: ________________________________________________________________________ SIGNATURE_____________________________________________________________

Revised to all transfers Dear Student: A recent audit of your record indicates that you transferred from a community college to The University of Mississippi without earning an associate’s degree. Based upon an assessment of preliminary data, you may have met the requirements to earn an associate’s degree during your time at The University of Mississippi: You may be able to transfer the additional college courses you have earned back to the community college to meet the associate’s degree requirements. In order to determine if you have met the associate’s degree requirements, we will need to send your University of Mississippi transcript to the Registrar’s Office of the community college that you attended. The Registrar’s Office at the community college will perform a degree audit to determine if you have satisfied the requirements for the associate’s degree. This will not have any negative effect on your progress toward a degree at The University of Mississippi and may result in your being awarded an associate’s degree from your community college. If you would like to pursue this exciting opportunity, please reply to this and complete the information below. We are happy to send your University of Mississippi transcript at no cost to you. Please feel free to contact the Registrar’s Office at with any questions regarding this matter. Sincerely yours, Charlotte N. Fant Registrar ***TRANSCRIPT REQUEST FOR REVERSE TRANSFER CREDIT*** THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR 104 MARTINDALE STUDENT SERVICES CENTER PO BOX 1848 UNIVERSITY, MS Phone: Fax: Please complete the following information. Name: ________________________________________________________________________________ First Middle (Maiden, If Applicable) Last Date of Birth: _________________________ Student ID # ______________________________ Daytime Phone Number: __________________________ Address: _______________________ Send Transcript To: ________________________________________________________________________ Student Name and Address: ________________________________________________________________________

Number of requests received SchoolTranscripts sent Coahoma0 Co-Lin4 ECCC0 EMCC0 Hinds6 Holmes9 ICC33 Jones3 MCC2 MDCC0 MGCC2 Northeast39 Northwest53 Pearl River0 Southwest0 total151

Informing community colleges Presentation for Mississippi Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers Obtained community college contact information. Sent electronic UM transcripts to community colleges. Degree audits performed by community colleges. Student contact information provided to community colleges

Number of degrees awarded SchoolTranscripts sentDegrees Awarded Coahoma0need contact information Co-Lin4 ECCC0need contact information EMCC0need contact information Hinds6 8 Holmes95 ICC33 11 Jones3 MCC2 MDCC0 MGCC2 Northeast3931 Northwest5334 Pearl River0 Southwest0 total15189

Next steps Contact students no longer enrolled at UM. Work with community colleges to encourage more participation in program. Inform community college advisors of reverse transfer option. Inform UM advisors of reserve transfer option. Seek funding opportunities.

Lessons learned Identifying students can be time consuming process. Many students attend multiple schools. Collaboration of efforts will be key. Students are less likely to respond when paper forms are required. Need creative ideas on how to encourage more student participation. Need communication plan and resources for all institutions.