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Transfer club at Merritt College (Calif.) helps students navigate path to universities

Guidance is in short supply at California's community colleges, where funding for advising, tutoring and other student support services was chopped in half during the economic downturn. But Professor Claudio Duran and his students found a low-cost solution to help aspiring transfers find their way: a support group.

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Oakland Tribune

U of Wyoming announces new transfer policy for Wyoming CC grads

The University of Wyoming has established a policy that will allow students at Wyoming community colleges who earn associate of arts or associate of science degrees to be automatically admitted to the university.

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University of Wyoming News

Fastlane U: Two Steps to Transfer Success

Future Shock
James Martin and James E. Samels
University Business, January 2013

When we entered college, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 was already in place—guaranteeing access to K12 education regardless of race, ethnicity, or ability. Now, as we soon become eligible for Medicare, looking back, the pursuit of higher learning has taken on a very different trajectory.

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Tidewater Community College Plan Speeds College Degree Process

Local educators are working on a plan to enable students to graduate from high school with associate degrees or certificates of general studies from Tidewater Community College.

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The Virginian-Pilot

DeAnza College saves time, money, and energy by taking transcript fulfillment out of the office

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University Business, December 2012

A public community college in Cupertino, California, DeAnza College has a student enrollment of about 23,000. With one of the highest transfer-out rates of any of the California Community Colleges, 30,000-50,000 transcripts are processed annually.

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K-12 Educators Explain Why They Support Differential Tuition Rate At Grand Rapids Community College

A proposal by Grand Rapids Community College to develop a differential tuition rate for some dual enrolled students was embraced by at least three K-12 administrators last week who say the plan promotes college readiness.

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Mlive.com

UCA, UACCM Join Forces For Program

The University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton has partnered with the University of Central Arkansas to provide a more cost-effective option for UACCM students continuing on to UCA’s Early Childhood Education program, according to a news release Monday.

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Log Cabin Democrat

Cross Enrollment For College Students May Expand In Louisiana

Students enrolled in any public college or university should be able to take online courses at any other university inside or outside the student's original system, a Louisiana Board of Regents member said Wednesday. "It will take coordination," Joseph Wiley, secretary of the Board of Regents, said of the idea of cross enrollment courses.

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The Times-Picayune

Hodgepodge Transfer Policies Costly

More than half of all college students in Texas are enrolled at community colleges, but the transfer rate to four-year universities is a dismal 28 percent.

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San Antonio Express-News

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