"Today the North Carolina
Community College System and the University of North Carolina General
Administration, which represents the 16 public university system, signed a new
articulation agreement that will allow community college students to seamlessly
transfer to one of North Carolina’s public institutions of higher
learning.
At Guilford Technical Community College from 2009 to
2012, 1,126 students have transferred from our college to members of the 16
public universities in the University of North Carolina system. In fact, every UNC system campus in the state
has at least one former GTCC student on its campus. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State
University, the University of North Carolina Greensboro and the University of
North Carolina Charlotte are the top three schools of choice for college
transfer for GTCC students.
Nearly 24,000 students who began their studies at a
NC community college are now undergraduates on UNC campuses, accounting for more
than half (54 percent) of all UNC transfer students. Those numbers are expected
to grow in the years ahead, and smoothing the transfer process for these
students and providing a clearer, more
direct pathway to a baccalaureate degree are crucial
to meeting North Carolinians’ educational goals and North Carolina’s future
workforce needs.
Since 1997, a joint agreement (Comprehensive
Articulation Agreement, or CAA) has outlined how specified student credit hours
transfer between the two systems. While the guidelines worked well in 1997,
they no longer meet student needs. The revised transfer agreement will save
students and families both time and money, and will stretch
taxpayer-funded dollars. It is a win for both systems
and students who are seeking a more direct cost-efficient path to career and
educational success.
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The revised CAA will go into effect for new college transfer
students in the fall of 2014. Focused on
increasing student success, the revised agreement better defines transfer
options for community college students and establishes distinct pathways to
degree attainment. The revised CAA:
·
Establishes foundational courses that will transfer to all
UNC campuses to meet general education requirements;
·
Improves transfer student success by requiring coursework
that helps students map their academic pathway from community colleges to
universities;
·
Encourages community college students to complete an AA or AS
degree before transferring to a UNC campus by guaranteeing entry as juniors
with full transfer credit.
Hundreds of faculty and administrators from North
Carolina’s 58 community colleges and 16 UNC campuses weighed in on the design
and development of this revised transfer agreement. A steering committee of
faculty and chief academic officers from both systems crafted the final
product.
Community colleges and UNC leadership have pledged
ongoing evaluation to ensure that both students and the state are benefiting
from the revised agreement.
With this combined effort of North Carolina’s two
public higher education systems, the outlook for student educational
achievement in less time at a lower cost has never been brighter.
Guilford Technical Community College is the third
largest of 58 institutions in the NC Community College System. GTCC serves more
than 40,000 students annually from four major campuses and three specialized
centers. Learn more at www.gtcc.edu."
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