Slippery Rock University MSCHE 2011 Self-Study •
Chapter One
Slippery Rock University attracts and retains a greater number of transfer students through: o
Personal counseling by admissions staff members and off-campus appointments at community colleges.
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The Pennsylvania Transfer and Articulation Center (PATRAC.org). As a member SRU actively strives to transfer and use towards graduation requirements, those courses completed in accordance with the -Credit Transfer Framework.
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The Academic Passport transfer program that is designed to facilitate the transfer of students from Pennsylvania community colleges to Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) universities, and to support the transfer of undergraduate credits earned by PASSHE students to other PASSHE universities. Students who meet the established criteria will be granted an Academic Passport, which will guarantee admission to the university and the fullest consideration of transfer credits.
Clear and comprehensive information including policies and procedures regarding transfer credit is also available on the transfer student . 6-J and P, 8–G, and 11-I •
Transfer enrollments have increased by nearly 8% in the past four years; new transfer student enrollment was 610 in fall 2010, or 7.60% of all new undergraduate enrollments for fall, 2010. (Table 1.5) Standard 8-G Table 1.5: Total Number of New Transfer Students:
Slippery Rock University offsets a decline in Fall 2005 – 605 (8.16%) of Total Undergrad (7414) Pennsylvania’s high school graduates beginning in Fall 2006 – 593 (7.86%) of Total Undergrad (7545) 2008, particularly acute in the state’s western half, Fall 2007 – 574 (7.57%) of Total Undergrad (7585) by increasing its enrollments from Allegheny Fall 2008 – 637 (8.28%) of Total Undergrad (7691) County, the most populous county in the region, Fall 2009 – 689 (8.81%) of Total Undergrad (7825) Fall 2010 – 610 (7.60%) of Total Undergrad (8026) and from bordering states such as Ohio. This strategy has the added benefit of increasing the presence of underrepresented groups on campus. With the aid of a tuition waiver program instituted by the PASSHE Board of Governors, undergraduate enrollment of students of color increased 32% (from 450 to 592) between 2005 and 2010, with the number of African-American students increasing by 35% and the number of Hispanics by 84% (Table 1.6). Standard 8-F and N, and Standard 9-A Table 1.6: Number of Students of Color, Fall Semesters 2005-2010 Black, Non-Hispanic American Indian, Alaskan Native Asian Hispanic Total
2005 311 26 49 64 450
2006 359 24 58 75 516
2007 380 17 49 85 531
2008 402 10 54 88 554
2009 409 22 55 93 579
2010 419 9 46 118 592
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