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 prog
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President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his pick of Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona as his education secretary. According to those who have worked with him, Cardona will be a strong advocate for educational technology and ensuring students have continued access to education during the pandemic and beyond.
Cardona is committed to making education accessible to all students and arming them with the resources they need to succeed in school, Doug Casey, executive director of the Connecticut Commission for Education Technology, told EdScoop.
Casey worked with Cardona on edtech initiatives, including Connecticut’s Everybody Learns Initiative, which sought to ensure that all students in the state are equipped with home internet and personal computers, as well as the state’s Interagency Council for Ending the Achievement Gap, which focuses on achieving educational equ