Higher Ed Utah

A policy brief prepared by the American Association of Community Colleges examined transfer as a core function of community colleges.  It examined multiple facets of transfer, including its role as a pathway to the bachelor’s degree, the mobility of credits between institutions, and current and future challenges associated with transfer.  Community colleges play a substantial role in baccalaureate degree attainment. Twenty-eight percent of bachelor’s degree earners started at a community college and 47% took at least one course at a community college. The amount of transfer credit hours accepted by a 4-year institution is directly related to baccalaureate degree completion.  The brief highlighted research results showing an 82% bachelor’s degree attainment rate when a 4-year receiving institution accepted all of a community college student’s credits, while 42% earned the degree when an institution accepted only some credits.  To read the full report click on the link below.

http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Publications/Briefs/Pages/pb10082012.aspx