The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Community-College Transfer System Is Broken. Who’s to Blame?

D espite recent declines in college enrollment and decreasing confidence in higher education, a bachelor’s degree remains essential to access well-paying jobs with employment benefits. Unfortunately, ...
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Master your community college transfer journey

What’s new: More formal articulation agreements, tighter GPA cutoffs, and expanded statewide transfer guides are reshaping the 2025-26 transfer process. Why it matters: Only about 18% of community ...

Many start community college hoping to earn a bachelor’s degree—but even after six years, few succeed

Key Takeaways New research shows that fewer than 1 in 5 community college starters earn a bachelor’s degree within 6 ...

Unity Environmental University Expands Community College Articulation Agreements, Opening New Pathways for Transfer Students

Block transfer model ensures associate degree graduates enter Unity at junior-year standing, no lost credits, no lost ...
WSLS 10

New Radford transfer program helps community college students transfer seamlessly

RADFORD, Va. – Over the past few years, leaders at Radford University have focused on creating an accessible path through higher education like their tuition promise. Their recent endeavor for this, ...
Opinion
Inside Higher EdOpinion

Part 1: What Michigan students are telling us about transfer.

Michigan has one of the most established community college transfer ecosystems in the country—and one of the most uneven. The infrastructure is real: a Michigan Transfer Agreement; 10 program-specific ...
EdSource

New UCLA program aims to help students struggling to transfer from community colleges

Some Southern California community college students can now get priority consideration for transfer to UCLA under a new pilot program, a limited first step toward expanding transfer access to the ...
The Boston Globe

Community college can be a steppingstone to four-year schools. But for too many, it’s not.

In Massachusetts, just 18.3 percent of the community college class that entered in 2019 transferred to a four-year institution by 2023. Massachusetts’ community colleges can expect an influx of new ...
Capital Public Radio

UC, Cal State, community colleges should work together to boost transfer rates, auditor says

Few students who intend to transfer from California’s community colleges do so successfully. To reverse that trend, the state’s public college systems will need to work collaboratively. That’s the ...
Forbes

University Of Illinois To Pilot New Community College Transfer Program

The University of Illinois system is planning to pilot a new program aimed at increasing transfer rates by community college students. The University of Illinois system will team up with One Million ...
Santa Barbara Independent

California Community College Transfer Students Urged to Apply to UC and CSU for Fall 2025 by Dec. 2 Application Deadline

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office is encouraging all eligible students currently on a ...