Chancellor Linda Katehi: A New Plan for Transfer Students
Linda Katehi
The O’Donnell Foundation Chair in Engineering, Texas A&M University | Chancellor Emerita, UC Davis
UC Davis was delighted to have President Janet Napolitano and California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice Harris on our campus Tuesday to announce a new program that will streamline admissions for community college students wanting to transfer into the UC system. Transfer Pathways is being launched to help students better navigate through the transfer requirements, providing a valuable tool to serve our hard-working students and their families.
At UC Davis, transfer students now account for about one third of our total undergraduate student body and they bring to the campus a rich mix of diversity and dedication to learning. This past academic year, new transfer students made up slightly less than 37 percent of the total incoming class, compared to a system wide average of 29.4 percent. The new program is an exciting step forward, as it shows the UC’s continued commitment to providing access for as many California students as possible.
I applaud the work President Napolitano and Chancellor Harris have been doing to help transfer students find their way to the UC and the outstanding education our campuses offer.
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9 年The Transfer program is an excellent if under-appreciated resource for Californian residents. Since graduating from UC Davis after a transfer from SRJC, I have advocated transfer to dozens of parents and potential students as a way to reduce student debt and improve likelihood of success. I do agree with Ernesto Perez that transfer students would benefit from increased support. Incoming first-years typically have a large network of schoolmates from their high school, and family support. Transfer students tend to be older, to have come from disadvantaged backgrounds, sometimes have spouses and children, are possibly making a career transition, etc. They can feel socially isolated due to their age, and be overwhelmed by workload and financial responsibilities. Hopefully the Transfer Pathways program will address some of these issues.
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9 年As a former transfer student to UC Davis, I am glad there will be a better system for those students to allow them to transfer here easier. I still thing that the biggest thing transfer students need on campus is more resources geared directly towards them. I know the TRV center has stepped up in it's efforts but they need more support in order to keep them enrolled here at UC Davis. First year college students (freshman) have a lot more resources and they need them to allow them to succeed, but transfers need just as much and maybe even more support to help them.