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North Texas colleges unite to improve student achievement

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024   

A new partnership is making it easier for students at Dallas College to transfer to a four-year university.

The college has joined forces with Texas A-and-M University-Commerce, Texas Woman's University and the University of North Texas-Dallas to form the Dallas Transfer Collaborative.

Justin Lonon, chancellor of Dallas College, said a new hub connects all four institutions to a centralized portal, streamlining the transfer process.

"It also provides technology that will allow students to go, 'Hey, you know, here are the courses I've taken at Dallas College,' and here's how those courses will plug into the broad array of programs at these universities," Lonon outlined.

The program is partially funded by the Commit Partnership's Opportunity 2040 Fund, which aims to reduce child poverty in Dallas County by half and double the number of young adults making a living wage.

More than 64,000 students are enrolled in the seven Dallas College campuses. Lonon explained they hope the hub will help more of those students continue their education after leaving community college.

"Nearly half of our students come to us and say they have an intent to transfer but only about one in four does so over a three-year time period," Lonon pointed out. "There can be many reasons for that but what we don't want for there to be institutional barriers between our university partners."

Lonon noted they hope to add more universities to the group and the program will be a model for other universities across the nation.


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