1 Mississippi Community College Leadership Academy Reginald Sykes Assistant Commissioner for Community and Junior College Relations February 20, 2010

2 Articulation and Transfer System Strategic Goal Articulation Agreement History Office of Community and Junior College Relations

3 Creating A Transfer Culture Trust Current Articulation Agreement Courses appropriate for transfer 188 Individual Agreements 11,000 credit hours guaranteed to transfer

4 Creating A Transfer Culture Building Relationships Formation of Articulation Committee Campus Representatives Annual Meetings Visit Universities and Community & Junior Colleges Board of Trustees Meetings Chief Academic Meetings

5 Building Relationships Annual Mississippi Association of Colleges Conference Annual Creating Futures Through Technology Conference African American Male Initiative State-wide Electronic Transcript Initiative Mississippi’s P-16 Initiative IHL and Community & Junior College Regional Meetings Child Development Initiative Developmental Education

66 First-Time Mississippi Community and Junior College Transfers Fall 2009 Community & Junior Colleges ASUDSUJSUMSUMUWMVSUUMUSMSYSTEM Coahoma Copiah-Lincoln East Central East Mississippi Hinds Holmes Itawamba Jones Meridian Mississippi Delta Gulf Coast Northeast Northwest Pearl River Southwest Total % Undergraduate Source: IHLMIS, 2009

7 IHL System First-Time Mississippi Community and Junior College Transfers Fall 2009 TermSystem Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Source: IHLMIS, % increase from 06

8 Total IHL Enrollment From Mississippi Community and Junior College Transfers Fall TermUndergraduateTotal Mississippi CJC Transfers Percent Undergraduate Fall ,01811, % Fall ,34310, % Fall ,79611, % Fall ,90911, % Fall ,50911, % 8 Source: IHLMIS, 2009

9 Top Ten Mississippi Community and Junior College Transfer Majors Fall 2009 Program of StudyMississippi CJC Transfers All Undergraduates Percentage of Transfers Elementary Education % Business Administration % Physical Education and Coaching % Biology/Biological Sciences % Accounting % Social Work % Psychology % Liberal Arts % Marketing/Marketing Management % Visual and Performing Arts % 9 Source: IHLMIS, 2009

10 Mississippi CJC Transfer Cumulative GPA Fall 2009 STUDENTSIHL SYSTEM All Undergraduates2.71 MS CJC Transfers2.68 Natives (Non-Transfers)2.71 Source: IHLMIS, 2009

11 Increase Mississippi Community and Junior College Transfers Create Transfer Culture Transfer and Articulation Policy Positive Relationships and Collaborative Efforts Phi Theta Kappa Adult Learners Online Instruction Technical Students Need Based Scholarships 11