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More Junior College Grads Entering U.C.

By Associated Press

Los Angeles — Students transferring from community colleges to the University of California increased by more than 9 percent for the fall of 2001, with minorities up nearly 18 percent, the university announced last week.

African Americans, Native Americans and Latinos accounted for the large leap in minority transfers with respective increases of 14 percent, 85 percent and 16 percent.

U.C. President Richard Atkinson said, “Transferring from the community colleges is an excellent and affordable way to come to the University of California, so it is encouraging to see the increases in transfer students this year.”

A partnership between the university and Gov. Gray Davis calls for a 6 percent annual increase through 2005-06 of transfer students from community colleges to the university. The university said the recent findings indicate that the partnership is well on its way to attaining that goal.

“Increasing student access to U.C. through the transfer route is one of the university’s highest priorities,” Atkinson said.