Mississippi Community College Leadership Academy Reginald Sykes Assistant Commissioner for Community and Junior College

1. Mississippi Community College Leadership Academy Reginald Sykes Assistant Commissioner for Community and Junior College Relations February 20, 2010

2. Articulation and Transfer System • Strategic Goal • Articulation Agreement • History • Office of Community and Junior College Relations

3. Creating A Transfer Culture • Creating A Transfer Culture • Trust • Current Articulation Agreement • Courses appropriate for transfer • 188 Individual Agreements • 11,000 credit hours guaranteed to transfer

4. 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

5. 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

6. First-Time Mississippi Community and Junior College TransfersFall 2009 6 Source: IHLMIS, 2009

7. IHL System First-Time Mississippi Community and Junior College TransfersFall 2009 9.8 % increase from 06 Source: IHLMIS, 2009 7

8. Total IHL Enrollment From Mississippi Community and Junior College TransfersFall 2005-09 Source: IHLMIS, 2009 8

9. Top Ten Mississippi Community and Junior College Transfer MajorsFall 2009 Source: IHLMIS, 2009 9

10. Mississippi CJC Transfer Cumulative GPAFall 2009 Source: IHLMIS, 2009

11. 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 11