1 Principals and Counselors Workshop Hinds Community College December 9, 2009 Dr. Reginald Sykes Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Assistant Commissioner for Community and Junior College Relations

2 Creating A Transfer Culture Office of Community and Junior College Relations Monitor and update the Articulation Agreement Disseminate community/junior college transfer enrollment and student performance information Foster relationships with the community/junior colleges

3 Creating A Transfer Culture Articulation Agreement signed in 1991 Articulation Agreement consists of over 115 individual agreements Articulation Agreement contains programs of courses appropriate for transfer to Mississippi’s eight public universities

4 Creating A Transfer Culture Articulation Agreement has over 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

5 Top Ten Undergraduate Majors Mississippi Community College Transfer Students, Fall Elementary Education 2. Business Administration & Management 3. Physical Education/Teaching & Coaching 4. Biology/Biological Sciences 5. Accounting 6. Social Work 7. Psychology 8. Nursing 9. Marketing 10. Visual & Performing Arts

6 Creating A Transfer Culture Policy to create a more seamless transition

7 Building Relationships Mississippi’s P-16 Council African American Male In College Initiative State-wide Electronic Transcript Initiative

8 Creating A Transfer Culture

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