OSU Signs Transfer Agreements With NE Colleges

OHIO STATE COMPLETES TRANSFER AGREEMENTS WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES

     Transferring to The Ohio State University just became easier
for students attending three northeast Ohio community colleges.
     In separate ceremonies on the campuses of Cuyahoga Community
College, Lakeland Community College and Lorain County Community
College, E. Gordon Gee, president of Ohio State, on Thursday
(1/20) signed transfer articulation agreements that take effect
immediately.

     Signing for the community colleges were Jerry Sue Owens,
president of Cuyahoga Community College; Ralph Doty, president of
Lakeland Community College; and Roy Church, president of Lorain
County Community College.

     Representing the Ohio Board of Regents at the ceremonies was
Paul M. Dutton, chairman.

     The ceremonies concluded more than a year of cooperative
efforts by Ohio State faculty and their counterparts at each
community college to relate community college courses to
university degree requirements.

     The articulation agreements are based on the principles of
the Ohio Articulation and Transfer Policy adopted by the Ohio
Board of Regents, which encourages cooperation among state
supported colleges and universities.

     The agreements permit students to more easily make the
transition from the community college to the university.  They
provide students with the flexibility to transfer after a course,
a quarter or two, or a year or two of community college study.

     The agreements also give community college students the
information they need to choose courses at the community college
that can meet bachelor's degree requirements at the university.
Educational opportunities are expanded because students may start
a university degree while attending their hometown community
college.  Conversely, Ohio State students may use information in
the agreement to take community college courses while at home
during the summer.

     As an integral part of the agreement, Transfer Counselor
Handbooks have been prepared for staff at the three community
colleges to use in advising students about course selection and
planning for their future move to the university.  The handbooks
relate community college courses directly to university degree
requirements.  They will be updated continuously as the
institutions revise their curricula and degree requirements.
They also contain pre-admission information and a resource
directory of academic, financial and social support services.

     Last year, a total of 145 students from the three community
colleges transferred to Ohio State (Cuyahoga, 49 transfers;
Lakeland, 41 transfers; Lorain, 55 transfers).

     Community college transfer students tend to perform well at
Ohio State.  Approximately 25 percent of students receiving
undergraduate degrees from Ohio State entered as transfer
students from other four-year institutions or community colleges.

     Ohio State previously developed an articulation agreement
with Columbus State Community College.  Similar agreements are
being developed with Sinclair Community College in Dayton and
Clark State Community College in Springfield.

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Contact: Tom Schriner, associate director of admissions at Ohio
         State, (614) 292-5995



                  Comments on the significance
            of the transfer articulation agreements:


"These agreements secure important linkages between Ohio State
and three excellent community colleges.  They improve access for
students to Ohio State and enable a smooth transition from a two-
year to a four-year program."
Dr. E. Gordon Gee, president, The Ohio State University

"We're pleased that our state's largest university has entered
into an articulation agreement with Tri-C, which is Ohio's
largest -- and first -- community college.   We already have
agreements with Cleveland State University, Kent State University
and Dyke College, and this will now build yet another bridge with
one of our fine four-year institutions to make transfer between
the two schools so much easier for the students.  The agreement
will be mutually beneficial because it will also enable Ohio
State students to take transferrable community college courses
while at home during the summer.  We also have high hopes that
the articulation agreements will make the transfer process more
visible to students and the public."
Dr. Jerry S. Owens, president, Cuyahoga Community College

"We are pleased to form this partnership with The Ohio State
University to increase educational opportunities for Lakeland
students.  This articulation agreement illustrates the growing
cooperation between Ohio colleges to improve access to higher
education."
Dr. Ralph R. Doty, president, Lakeland Community College

"Lorain County Community College (LCCC) has not only an
obligation to educating a substantially increased number of
Lorain Countians through affordable access to educational
programs, but also to facilitate the successful transfer of
students from our programs to upper division/university levels.
The signing of this historic agreement with The Ohio State
University helps us to do both.  On behalf of all of Lorain
County, I am most grateful to Dr. Gee and Ohio State for
providing this community with this wonderful opportunity.  It is
my hope that the collaborative spirit fostered by this agreement
continues and benefits many future generations of Lorain
Countians."
Dr. Roy A. Church, president, Lorain County Community College

"We recognize that today's college students need the ability to
be academically mobile.  Many students find it necessary to drop
out of college for brief periods of time, or to "stop out" for
extended periods of time; others are unable, or choose not to
complete all of their coursework at the same college or
university.  Serving these students well -- and providing good
stewradship of public higher education's resources -- will
require sustained efforts to ensure that academic credit, once
earned, is not lost and the coursework, successfully completed,
is not repeated needlessly.  The Ohio Articulation and Transfer
Policy, and the agreements being signed today, are the result of
such efforts.  The Ohio State University -- and their northeast
Ohio community college partners -- have demonstrated outstanding
leadership and exemplary cooperation in developing these
important agreements.  We salute them."
Elaine H. Hairston, Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents

"This is exactly the kind of agreement that the Board of Regents
had in mind when it adopted the Ohio Articulation and Transfer
Policy some three years ago.  This agreement has tremendous
potential to increase access to higher education for northeast
Ohioans, and we are extremely pleased about that."
Paul M. Dutton, Chairman, Ohio Board of Regents

"Tri-C prepared me well, and I had no problems with the
transition.  It was an excellent idea for me to go to Tri-C first
because of its flexible scheduling that made it easier for me to
work while going to school."
Walter W. Whicker, Elyria, Ohio State sophomore, aviation
management major

"Going two years to LCCC and then two years at Ohio State is a
fabulous way to get a bachelor's degree, especially if you don't
want to -- or can't -- afford to spend $6,000 on the first year
of school.  Plus, you get to spend the first two years at home."
"I earned more than 100 hours at LCCC and all of them transferred
to Ohio State.  I was able to enter OSU as a junior and I'm
really enjoying it.  LCCC absolutely prepared me for courses at
Ohio State."
Akhil Patel, Elyria, Ohio State junior, history major

"I went to Lakeland with the intention to transfer.  Lakeland
gave me the foundation I needed to learn to apply myself."
Michael J. McNamara, Cleveland Heights, Ohio State freshman,
history major


                                             January 20, 1994


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