1. REVERSE TRANSFER May 30, 2012

2. Our Process Identified eligible students through Institutional Research. Contacted students via email. Sent electronic transcripts to community colleges. Community colleges performed degree audits. Provided current student contact information to community colleges. Gathered data on number of degrees awarded.

3. Timeline February 3, 2012 Initial Task Force Meeting February 6- March 1, 2012 Identified eligible students and created student communi- cations. March 2, 2012 Emailed Northeast CC transfers. March 29, 2012 Emailed all reverse transfer prospects. April 2, 2012 MACRAO Presentation April – May 2012 UM transcripts sent and degree Audits performed by community colleges. May 2012 Degrees conferred.

4. Eligible students Enrolled at UM within last 5 years Have not earned a baccalaureate degree Minimum of 64 earned college hours Minimum of 16 hours earned from single community college

5. Report of eligible students Minimum of 16 Transfer Hours from Institution and No Associate Degree* MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10 2008-09 2007-08 TOTAL CC TRAN S TOTAL UM DEGRE E TOTAL CURRENT LY ENROLLE D NO DEGREE Total UM Degree Enroll ed No Degre e Total UM Degree Enroll ed No Degre e Total UM Degree Enroll ed No Degre e Total UM Degree Enroll ed No Degre e Total UM Degree Enroll ed No Degre e Coahoma 8 8 10 7 941 113 72 45916 Copiah-Lincoln 11 8 18 11 1317 95 741 581027 East Central 6 6 918 612 741 53 33917 East Mississippi 18 17 12 9 1734 1143 104 681133 Hinds 32 27 37224 32810 21102 33203 1554066 Holmes 42 41 63145 632112 43158 33142 24451108 Itawamba 167 148 1743124 1637736 1498515 111736 764238329 Jones County 16 12 29120 1672 21143 128 943037 Meridian 4 4 14 12 842 952 82 431120 Mississippi Delta 10 7 4 923 1411 4 541714 Mississippi Gulf Coast 15 27318 25611 1371 35221 1153846 Northeast 86 79 1412101 1084631 934415 91675 519159231 Northwest 275 246 2812201 25510775 22211829 2521638 1285390559 Pearl River 8 8 15 11 942 74 73 461121 Southwest 2 2 18 10 3 1 43 53 32613 Wood 1 1 1 3 TOTAL** 701 628 85815605 737291199 63433279 62839226 355810301537 UNDUPLICATED TOTAL 669 598 80112567 685271192 60031574 60738025 33629781456 * Student has not received an associate degree from any Mississippi Community College. **Students are counted at each community college attended with minimum of 16 earned hours.

6. Initial email to NEMCC transfers Dear Student: A recent audit of your record indicates that you transferred from a community college to The University of Mississippi without earning an associate’s degree. Based upon an assessment of preliminary data, you may have met the requirements to earn an associate’s degree during your time at The University of Mississippi: You may be able to transfer the additional college courses you have earned back to the community college to meet the associate’s degree requirements. In order to determine if you have met the associate’s degree requirements, we will need to send your University of Mississippi transcript to the Registrar’s Office of the community college that you attended. The Registrar’s Office at the community college will perform a degree audit to determine if you have satisfied the requirements for the associate’s degree. This will not have any negative effect on your progress toward a degree at The University of Mississippi and may result in your being awarded an associate’s degree from your community college. If you would like to pursue this exciting opportunity, please complete the attached form and return it to the Registrar’s Office as soon as possible. You may wish to bring the form to the office (104 Martindale) or fax it to us at 662.915.7793. We are happy to send your University of Mississippi transcript at no cost to you. Please feel free to contact the Registrar’s Office at 662.915.7792 with any questions regarding this matter. Sincerely yours, Charlotte N. Fant Registrar

7. Transcript request form ***TRANSCRIPT REQUEST FOR REVERSE TRANSFER CREDIT*** THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR 104 MARTINDALE STUDENT SERVICES CENTER PO BOX 1848 UNIVERSITY, MS 38677 Phone: 662-915-7792 Fax: 662-915-7793 All transcript requests must be made in writing. Fill out this form completely with your signature. You may either fax this form to the above listed number or deliver to address noted above. Name: ________________________________________________________________________________ First Middle (Maiden, If Applicable) Last Date of Birth: _________________________ SSN or Student ID # ______________________________ Daytime Phone Number: __________________________ Email Address: _______________________ Send Transcript To: Northeast Mississippi Community College ________________________________________________________________________ Student Name and Address: ________________________________________________________________________ SIGNATURE_____________________________________________________________

8. Revised email to all transfers Dear Student: A recent audit of your record indicates that you transferred from a community college to The University of Mississippi without earning an associate’s degree. Based upon an assessment of preliminary data, you may have met the requirements to earn an associate’s degree during your time at The University of Mississippi: You may be able to transfer the additional college courses you have earned back to the community college to meet the associate’s degree requirements. In order to determine if you have met the associate’s degree requirements, we will need to send your University of Mississippi transcript to the Registrar’s Office of the community college that you attended. The Registrar’s Office at the community college will perform a degree audit to determine if you have satisfied the requirements for the associate’s degree. This will not have any negative effect on your progress toward a degree at The University of Mississippi and may result in your being awarded an associate’s degree from your community college. If you would like to pursue this exciting opportunity, please reply to this email and complete the information below. We are happy to send your University of Mississippi transcript at no cost to you. Please feel free to contact the Registrar’s Office at 662.915.7792 with any questions regarding this matter. Sincerely yours, Charlotte N. Fant Registrar ***TRANSCRIPT REQUEST FOR REVERSE TRANSFER CREDIT*** THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR 104 MARTINDALE STUDENT SERVICES CENTER PO BOX 1848 UNIVERSITY, MS 38677 Phone: 662-915-7792 Fax: 662-915-7793 Please complete the following information. Name: ________________________________________________________________________________ First Middle (Maiden, If Applicable) Last Date of Birth: _________________________ Student ID # ______________________________ Daytime Phone Number: __________________________ Email Address: _______________________ Send Transcript To: ________________________________________________________________________ Student Name and Address: ________________________________________________________________________

9. Number of requests received SchoolTranscripts sent Coahoma0 Co-Lin4 ECCC0 EMCC0 Hinds6 Holmes9 ICC33 Jones3 MCC2 MDCC0 MGCC2 Northeast39 Northwest53 Pearl River0 Southwest0 total151

10. Informing community colleges Presentation for Mississippi Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers Obtained community college contact information. Sent electronic UM transcripts to community colleges. Degree audits performed by community colleges. Student contact information provided to community colleges

11. Number of degrees awarded SchoolTranscripts sentDegrees Awarded Coahoma0need contact information Co-Lin4 ECCC0need contact information EMCC0need contact information Hinds6 8 Holmes95 ICC33 11 Jones3 MCC2 MDCC0 MGCC2 Northeast3931 Northwest5334 Pearl River0 Southwest0 total15189

12. Next steps Contact students no longer enrolled at UM. Work with community colleges to encourage more participation in program. Inform community college advisors of reverse transfer option. Inform UM advisors of reserve transfer option. Seek funding opportunities.

13. Lessons learned Identifying students can be time consuming process. Many students attend multiple schools. Collaboration of efforts will be key. Students are less likely to respond when paper forms are required. Need creative ideas on how to encourage more student participation. Need communication plan and resources for all institutions.