1 Making Student Transfer Work in Mississippi August 10, 2009 Reginald Sykes Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Assistant Commissioner for Community and Junior College Relations

2 Click Community and Junior College Relations

3 Building a Culture of Transfer 70,000 Credit Enrollment 70% of all Freshmen (Public and Private) attend Community Colleges 50% of all Undergraduates (Public and Private) attend Community Colleges

4 Building a Culture of Transfer It takes two to transfer Transfers are built on trust, and it takes time

5 Articulation Agreement Articulation Agreement signed in 1991 Articulation Agreement consists of 115 individual agreements Articulation Agreement contains programs of courses appropriate for transfer to Mississippi’s eight public universities

6 Articulation Agreement Articulation Agreement has 12,000 credit hours guaranteed to transfer Developmental and career program credit hours taken at the community and junior colleges will not transfer Individual universities have agreed to accept selected technical hours from the community colleges

7 Articulation Agreement articulation changes are effective this fall articulation changes are in the final stages of approval

Proposed Articulation Changes Additional 307 credit hours New Programs American Studies (USM) Entertainment Industries (USM) Exercise/Kinesiotherapy (USM) Healthcare Marketing (USM) Sport Coaching Education (USM) Radiologic Sciences (UMMC)

9 First-Time Mississippi Community College Transfer Students IHL Institution Fall, 2008

10 3 Yr. Trend by Institution of First-Time Mississippi Community Colleges Transfer Students

11 GPA Comparison of CJC Transfers and All IHL Undergraduate Students Fall 2008 IHL System All Undergraduates2.70 CJC Transfers2.67 IHL Natives (Non Transfers)2.71

12 Top Ten Undergraduate Majors Mississippi Community College Transfer Students, Fall Elementary Education – 1,489 (36%) 2. Business Administration & Management – 853 (25%) 3. Physical Education/Teaching & Coaching – 530 (27%) 4. Biology/Biological Sciences – 529 (13%) 5. Accounting – 498 (23%) 6. Social Work – 450 (38%) 7. Psychology – 408 (20%) 8. Nursing – 354 (19%) 9. Marketing – 300 (21%) 10. Visual & Performing Arts – 214 (% N/A)

13 Building Relationships IHL Board of Trustees Meetings State Board for Community and Junior College Trustees Meetings Mississippi Association of Community and Junior College Meetings IHL Chief Academic Officers Meetings IHL and Community College Regional Meetings Blue Ribbon Committee for the Redesign of Teacher Preparation Developmental Education

14 Building Relationships Annual Mississippi Association of Colleges Conference Agreements Community and Junior College Feedback Report Annual Creating Futures Through Technology Conference African American Male Initiative State-wide Electronic Transcript Initiative Mississippi’s PK -16 Initiative

15 Technical Articulation Agreements Individual universities have agreed to accept selected technical hours from the community colleges USM has a program designed for technical students Credentials for hours to transfer to an academic program

16 Changing Transfer Landscape Meeting needs of place bound students agreements Selected number of technical credit hours accepted Online instruction Upper division course offerings at CJCs

17 CJC Road to Baccalaureate Degree Create a seamless pathway Reduce transfer barriers Establish need based scholarships Continue collaborative efforts between universities and community/junior colleges

18 Questions?