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Mississippi Community College Leadership Academy

Reginald Sykes

Assistant Commissioner for Community and Junior College Relations

February 20, 2010

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Articulation and Transfer System

• Strategic Goal

• Articulation AgreementHistoryOffice of Community and Junior College Relations

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Creating A Transfer Culture

• Creating A Transfer CultureTrust

• Current Articulation Agreement

Courses appropriate for transfer

188 Individual Agreements

11,000 credit hours guaranteed to transfer

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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

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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

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First-Time Mississippi Community and Junior College Transfers

Fall 2009

Community & Junior Colleges

ASU DSU JSU MSU MUW MVSU UM USM SYSTEM

Coahoma 1 84 8 3 2 31 8 2 139

Copiah-Lincoln 63 9 28 44 8 0 13 100 265

East Central 0 3 15 99 12 4 4 38 175

East Mississippi 1 15 3 197 85 6 12 31 350

Hinds 37 53 175 101 18 6 32 80 502

Holmes 3 36 65 136 13 10 77 22 362

Itawamba 1 12 1 197 53 1 207 11 483

Jones 0 3 6 75 2 0 21 270 377

Meridian 2 4 3 117 11 1 9 41 188

Mississippi Delta 3 93 10 28 7 54 9 6 210

Gulf Coast 0 9 0 71 11 0 29 426 546

Northeast 1 2 0 73 18 1 105 6 206

Northwest 0 26 6 58 9 4 282 14 399

Pearl River 0 3 3 22 2 0 6 169 205

Southwest 10 2 4 16 0 0 7 57 96

Total 122 354 327 1237 251 118 821 1273 4503

% Undergraduate 4.5 11.4 4.8 8.5 11.0 4.9 6.2 10.3 7.8

Source: IHLMIS, 2009

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IHL System First-Time Mississippi Community and Junior College

TransfersFall 2009

Term System

Fall 2005 4325

Fall 2006 4101

Fall 2007 4347

Fall 2008 4277

Fall 2009 45034503

7Source: IHLMIS, 2009

9.8 % increase from 06

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Total IHL Enrollment From Mississippi Community and

Junior College TransfersFall 2005-09

Term Undergraduate Total Mississippi CJC

Transfers

Percent Undergraduate

Fall 2005 55,018 11,392 20.7%

Fall 2006 55,343 10,939 19.8%

Fall 2007 55,796 11,010 19.7%

Fall 2008 55,909 11,376 20.3%

Fall 2009 57,509 11,815 20.5%

8Source: IHLMIS, 2009

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Top Ten Mississippi Community and Junior College Transfer Majors

Fall 2009

Program of Study Mississippi CJC Transfers

All Undergraduates

Percentage of Transfers

Elementary Education 1671 4313 38.7%

Business Administration 796 4142 19.2%

Physical Education and Coaching 624 3321 18.7%

Biology/Biological Sciences 582 2229 26.1%

Accounting 497 2201 22.5%

Social Work 495 2018 24.5%

Psychology 448 1812 24.7%

Liberal Arts 292 1297 22.5%

Marketing/Marketing Management 249 1258 19.7%

Visual and Performing Arts 233 1118 20.8%

9Source: IHLMIS, 2009

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Mississippi CJC Transfer Cumulative GPA

Fall 2009

STUDENTS IHL SYSTEM

All Undergraduates 2.71

MS CJC Transfers 2.68

Natives (Non-Transfers) 2.71

Source: IHLMIS, 2009

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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

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