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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Spring Planning Workshop

Reginald SykesAssistant Commissioner for Community and Junior College

Relations

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mississippi.edu

Community and Junior College Relations

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IHL Strategic Goal

• Increase Number of Baccalaureate Degrees

• Increase Number of CJC Transfers and Graduates

• Create a Culture of Transfer

• Reduce Transfer Barriers

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Creating a Culture of Transfer

• “It takes two to transfer”

• “Transfers are built on trust, and it takes time”

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BarriersTransfer Pipeline

Risk Factors

• Family

• Full-time Work, Part-time Attendance

• Finances (Rising Tuition Costs & Limited FA)

• Proximity

• Transfer Process (Seamless, First Year Experience)

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Potential StudentsFall 2009

Total Credit Enrollment

76,000

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First-Time Mississippi CJC TransfersFall 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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First-Time Mississippi MGCCC TransfersFall 2009

Community & Junior Colleges

ASU DSU JSU MSU MUW MVSU UM USM SYSTEM

Gulf Coast 0 9 0 71 11 0 29 426 546

Source: IHLMIS, 2009

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First-Time CJC Transfer EnrollmentNumber and Percentage Change

Fall 2008 – Fall 2009

Fall 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Difference % Change

2008-09

ASU 160 180 145 145 122 -23 -15.8%

DSU 449 376 328 323 354 31 9.6%

JSU 338 389 386 337 327 -10 -2.9%

MSU 1084 1060 1143 1137 1237 100 8.8%

MUW 145 227 233 198 251 53 26.7%

MVSU 140 135 141 150 118 -32 -21.3%

UM 758 791 724 728 821 93 12.7%

USM 1251 943 1247 1259 1273 14 1.1%

System 4325 4101 4347 4277 4503 226 5.3%

Source: IHLMIS, 2009

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IHL System First-Time Mississippi CJC Transfers

Fall 2005-2009

Term System

Fall 2005 4325

Fall 2006 4101

Fall 2007 4347

Fall 2008 4277

Fall 2009 45034503

Source: IHLMIS, 2009

9.8 % increase from 06

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IHL First-time Enrollment Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Transfers

Fall 2005-09

Term MGCCC Transfers

Fall 2005 532

Fall 2006 437

Fall 2007 496

Fall 2008 492

Fall 2009 546

Source: IHLMIS, 2009

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Total IHL Enrollment Mississippi CJC Transfers

Fall 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%

Source: IHLMIS, 2009

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Top Ten Mississippi CJC 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%

Source: IHLMIS, 2009

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MGCCC Transfer Cumulative GPAFall 2009

Community & Junior Colleges

ASU DSU JSU MSU MUW MVSU UM USM SYSTEM

Gulf Coast 0 3.03 1.50 2.68 3.39 2.68 2.75 2.69 2.70

All Undergraduates 2.67 2.69 2.63 2.78 2.78 2.66 2.73 2.66 2.71

MS CC Transfers 2.82 2.65 2.74 2.63 2.78 2.83 2.67 2.66 2.68

Natives

(Non-Transfers)

2.65 2.70 2.61 2.81 2.79 2.63 2.73 2.66 2.71

Source: IHLMIS, 2009

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Legislative Graduation Rate Task ForceRecommendations

• Create a Seamless Transfer and Articulation Process

• Straight-forward System for Accepting Credit for BA/BS Degrees

• Concentrate on Popular Majors

• Create an Articulation and Transfer Website

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Seamless Transition for CJCTransfers

• Create a Culture of Transfer

• Reduce Transfer Barriers

• Continuous Interaction and Feedback Between

• Place Bound Students

• Need Based Financial Aid