open admissions at USM

Date: May 7, 2004

open admissions at USM

Date: May 7, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: MBAgal
"Just found out from my friend downstairs (advisement office) in CBED that we are now routinely admitting students to USM with less than a 2.0 GPA from junior colleges."

Oh that's lovely...now we can surely become a "world-class" university.

Date: May 7, 2004

I know of universities smaller and less well-known than USM that require a 2.8 in order to be admitted to the college of business.

Date: May 7, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: MBAgal
"Just found out from my friend downstairs (advisement office) in CBED that we are now routinely admitting students to USM with less than a 2.0 GPA from junior colleges."

If the worthy provost doesn't get on the ball with the articulation agreement, USM will need open admissions to attract community college transfers.

Date: May 7, 2004

As an employee at a community college in Florida where we have a strong articulation agreement with the state universities I have a question about this...You can't graduate from a community college in Florida without at least a 2.0 gpa. Transfer without an A.A. degree is quite difficult (a student must meet freshman university requirmets, ie, ACT/SAT scores and high school gpa). Transfer with a gpa below 2.0 is impossible.

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quote:
Originally posted by: Invictus
" If the worthy provost doesn't get on the ball with the articulation agreement, USM will need open admissions to attract community college transfers. "

Amen.

Date: May 7, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: Hotty Toddy
"As an employee at a community college in Florida where we have a strong articulation agreement with the state universities I have a question about this...You can't graduate from a community college in Florida without at least a 2.0 gpa. Transfer without an A.A. degree is quite difficult (a student must meet freshman university requirmets, ie, ACT/SAT scores and high school gpa). Transfer with a gpa below 2.0 is impossible. "

Not at USM..I know someone who did it.

Date: May 7, 2004

let me second invictus's point--better get the articulation agreement approved. i hear USM is one of the problems.

Date: May 7, 2004

quote:
Originally posted by: lddad
"let me second invictus's point--better get the articulation agreement approved. i hear USM is one of the problems."

I believe all state universities have signed off on it except USM, Delta State & MUW. What I hear is that those institutions are changing their core curricula. The feeling among a lot of CC people is that the change is simply to "force" students to transfer for fear of losing credits. Why get an AA degree if the last 10 or 12 hours won't transfer anyway? It's another strategy for achieving the magic 20K student goal.

And it's already backfiring. Gulf Coast CC signed an articulation agreement with South Alabama today. USA doesn't charge out of state tuition for coast residents either, IIRC.