{"id":11666,"date":"2010-03-25T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=11666"},"modified":"2010-04-12T08:45:19","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T12:45:19","slug":"from-community-college-to-uconn-business-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2010\/03\/from-community-college-to-uconn-business-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"From Community College to UConn Business Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"<p>President<\/a>
President Hogan speaks at a press conference at the state capitol about expanding the guaranteed admission of Connecticut community college students to the University of Connecticut. Photo by Peter Morenus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Graduates of Connecticut\u2019s community colleges<\/a> who earn an associate\u2019s degree in a liberal arts transfer program with a 3.3 GPA will be guaranteed admission to the University of Connecticut\u2019s School of Business<\/a>. The provision, an expansion of the Guaranteed Admissions Program<\/a>, was announced March 24 at a state capitol press conference.<\/p>\n

The Guaranteed Admissions Program, begun as a pilot program in 2004, provides Connecticut\u2019s community college students the opportunity for guaranteed admission to any UConn campus \u2013 Storrs, Avery Point,\u00a0 Greater Hartford, Torrington, Waterbury, or Stamford \u2013 once they have completed an associate\u2019s degree in a liberal arts transfer program at any of the 12 Connecticut community colleges. These transfer students will now have access not only to UConn\u2019s Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Agriculture and Natural Resources, as with the original agreement, but also to the University\u2019s School of Business, according to the expanded agreement signed at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford by UConn President Michael Hogan and Marc S. Herzog, chancellor of the community college system.<\/p>\n

The original guaranteed admission agreement<\/a>, signed in 2007, was described by Gov. M. Jodi Rell at the time as an \u201cinvestment in our citizens\u2019 futures \u2026 and in helping to create our highly skilled workforce.\u201d By building on the successful partnership of the state\u2019s flagship university and its community colleges, the entry point to higher education for more than 50 percent of the state\u2019s undergraduates each year, this expanded agreement encourages community college students to complete their associate’s degrees and then continue their educations at the baccalaureate level.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis agreement will prove very beneficial to Connecticut students, the community colleges, and the University of Connecticut, and to the state of Connecticut,\u201d said Hogan. \u201cIt\u2019s a win-win-win situation. I\u2019m looking forward to working with Marc Herzog and our community colleges as we open opportunities to four-year degrees to more of our young people, who in turn will become contributors to Connecticut\u2019s economic future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"<p>Chancellor<\/a>
Community colleges chancellor Marc Herzog, second from left, and President Michael Hogan exchange signed documents. At left is Linda Klein, associate dean of business. Also shown, left to right, are State Sen. Mary Ann Handley, Rep. Roberta Willis, and Rep. William Hamzy. Photo by Peter Morenus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis agreement represents a major expansion of opportunity for community college students,\u201d said Herzog. \u201cEach year the open doors of community colleges offer thousands of students access to the many opportunities provided by higher education \u2013 academic success, personal development, improved earning potential and career advancement, and a better life for themselves, their families, and the communities in which they live.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very grateful to the University, its leaders, the leaders of our \u2018pioneer\u2019 colleges, and all the academic leaders who developed, implemented, and expanded the agreement beyond its beginnings,\u201d he continued. \u201cThese leaders pointed the way, and now the door to opportunity has been opened for the benefit of all Connecticut\u2019s students who will enjoy a streamlined transfer process and extensive support services as they pursue their dreams of academic achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n

The community colleges and UConn will share information about students in the program, including their progress at the community colleges and their success at the University.<\/p>\n

UConn advisors will begin meeting with the students while they still are enrolled at the community colleges.<\/p>\n

Community college students who do not participate in the Guaranteed Admissions Program may still be eligible to transfer to UConn through a competitive transfer process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An expansion of the Guaranteed Admissions Program for high-achieving community college students was announced yesterday at a state capitol press conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[40],"class_list":["post-11666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-11 06:21:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11666"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12014,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11666\/revisions\/12014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11666"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=11666"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=11666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}