Gear Up Reinvents the Education Pipeline

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Transfer Takes Center Stage

The Council on Postsecondary Education heard the results of two recent student transfer surveys, both of which will serve as baseline data, at its work session last week in Louisville. The Council is working with the campuses to identify and then eliminate the transfer barriers for students attending the Kentucky Community and Technical College System who seek to transfer to a four-year campus.
Council President Bob King said the survey results provide a better understanding of the factors that contribute to the successful transfer of students.
“Now we have the data. It will allow us to focus our activities in ways that will have the most impact in implementing the new transfer legislation (H.B. 160), our Transfer Action Plan, and to measure annual progress,” said King.