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CUNY Transfer Initiative improvements
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The CUNY Transfer Initiative has made significant improvements to the transfer process for students moving from community colleges to four-year programs. These changes aim to streamline the transition and save students time and money.
- Developed a tool for students to view transferred credits immediately upon acceptance
- Aligned six common transfer majors to ensure credit retention
- Ongoing efforts to streamline practices and remove obstacles to credit transfer
Alicia Alvero
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One of our most important advances is the CUNY transfer initiative which has revolutionized the transition process for students moving from community colleges to four year programs.
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We have developed a tool that allows every student to view their transferred credits immediately upon acceptance into a college before enrolling, allowing them to make more informed decisions about their academic path.
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Faculty have also aligned six of the most common transfer majors, accounting, computer science, biology, mathematics, psychology, and sociology, ensuring that the most transfer students retain credits in their majors.
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This is just the beginning.
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We will continue to streamline practices and policies to remove obstacles to credit transfer, decreasing students' time to graduation and saving them an average of $1,220 in tuition.