ECMC Foundation launches Catalyzing Transfer Initiative
Nearly $4.5M funding commitment aims to increase successful transfer of postsecondary credits and timely bachelor degree completion
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ECMC Foundation announced today the launch of the Catalyzing Transfer Initiative (CTI), a national shared learning and collaboration effort between high-impact non-profit organizations that aims to build, manage, and activate new ways to increase successful transfer of postsecondary credits and timely bachelor degree completion among marginalized racial and ethnic groups.
Only 13 percent of students who start at community college earn a bachelor's degree within six years (source: National Center for Education Statistics). As students transfer, their credits don't always follow. The CTI was created to address the challenges students face when attempting to transfer their credits to a four-year program. ECMC Foundation has committed nearly $4.5 million in grants to the following organizations to form the CTI: American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), Education Commission of the States (ECS), Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO), and the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE).