Warrior Magazine December 2018

ECCC transfer students again earn highest GPA at 4-year institutions

The report also again showed that community college transfer students performed academically as well or better in university courses than students who began their education at the senior institutions. The “native” students earned a 3.17 GPA. ECCC President Dr. Billy Stewart said that he was extreme ly proud of the former students and for the role East Central Community College faculty and staff play in preparing the students to transfer to the four-year university level. “This data, compiled and reported by the IHL, affirms that we are meeting the institutional commitments of Student Success and Teaching and Learning, two of the hallmarks of our 2020 Vision strategic plan,” said Stewart. “I’m extremely proud of the academic accomplishments of our former stu dents and of our faculty who work so diligently to prepare them to be successful once they leave our campus. Based on the performance of our transfer students, no one does a better job of preparing students to be successful at the next level in the state of Mississippi than East Central Community College.”

Students who transferred from East Central Community College to four-year institutions earned the highest cumula tive grade-point average (GPA) of all community and junior college transfers in the state of Mississippi in 2018. Students who transferred from East Central to one of the state’s eight public, four-year institutions earned a 3.34 GPA at baccalaureate graduation, according to data released by the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL). The 3.34 GPA was the highest cumulative grade-point average of any community or junior college in Mississippi over the past five years. Students from the community/junior college with the sec ond highest GPA in 2018 earned a 3.26. The average for all 15 community/junior colleges combined was a 3.19 GPA. It was the fourth time in the past six years that students who transferred from East Central to a public four-year university in Mississippi earned the highest GPA of all state community and junior colleges. ECCC transfers earned a cu mulative 3.34 GPA in 2017, 3.29 in 2016, and 3.22 each year from 2013-2015.

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