Michigan Transfer Network

In fall 2014, Michigan community colleges and universities adopted the Michigan Transfer Agreement (MTA) which allows students to transfer 30 credit hours of general education coursework from college to the university. This was a big step toward increasing the percentage of students who transfer, but still further work can be done to ensure that mo... re students transfer with an associate degree and earn a bachelors degree. To achieve this goal, in fall 2016, Michigan community colleges and universities established a statewide Transfer Steering Committee, with representatives from more than 30 colleges and universities to guide this work. The FY 2018 state budget included a one-time appropriation to support a statewide initiative to replace the Michigan Transfer Network (MTN) and build multi-institutional associate to bachelors degree transfer pathways. The Michigan Community College Association (MCCA) and its 28 member colleges and the Michigan Association of State Universities (MASU) and its 15 member universities have been working collaboratively to increase associate and bachelors degree completion among transfer students from all backgrounds through collaboration among Michigan colleges and universities and engagement with faculty and higher education administrators. MCCA serves as the fiscal agent for the project and staff from the MCCA and MASU are co-leading the project. In addition to the Michigan Transfer Steering Committee that leads this work, multiple statewide project teams with representative membership of institutional experts and related partners are providing advise and counsel as the projects progress. The Transfer Steering Committees mission is to increase associate and bachelors degree completion among transfer students from all backgrounds. The objective is to make the overall transfer experience more efficient, easy to understand, and simple to navigate while optimizing credit transfer. Michigan colleges and universities have been working on multiple transfer-related initiatives in recent ...Read More