Two more community colleges join co-admission program
Two more eastern North Carolina community colleges – Edgecombe Community College and Sampson Community College – have signed co-admission agreements with East Carolina University, bringing the total number to 16.
The agreements are designed to improve transfer student access and success through a collaborative degree completion program.
From left, Dr. Harry Starnes, vice president of instruction at Edgecombe Community College; Mark S. Lorence, ECC’s acting president; ECU Chancellor Cecil Staton; and Michael Jordan, ECC’s vice president of student services. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Students will apply to a participating community college and ECU simultaneously and commit to maintaining full-time status. Upon completing an associate degree, they will seamlessly transition into degree-completion programs at ECU.
“Students at Edgecombe Community College are increasingly looking to continue their education at four-year institutions after completing their first two years with us,” said Dr. Harry Starnes, vice president of instruction at ECC. “We are excited about East Carolina’s co-admissions program, which will further support community college students focused on transferring.
Starnes, Jordan and Staton
“With this program, we are pleased that our participating students will be given extra support and direction from East Carolina while they are still completing their two-year degree at Edgecombe. This extra support and direction will make the transition for our students to East Carolina more successful.”
In addition to saving money by completing the first two years of a four-year degree at a community college, benefits to students include access to ECU libraries and programming through the ECU Office of Student Activities and other organizations, ECU One Card eligibility, joint financial aid counseling and micro-scholarship opportunities, joint academic advising, and a waiver of the ECU transfer application fee.
Participating community colleges include Beaufort County Community College, Carteret Community College, College of the Albemarle, Craven Community College, Edgecombe Community College, Halifax Community College, Johnston Community College, Lenoir Community College, Martin Community College, Nash Community College, Pamlico Community College, Pitt Community College, Roanoke-Chowan Community College, Sampson Community College, Wayne Community College and Wilson Community College.
“This is precisely the sort of collaboration we need to better serve the people of North Carolina and the east in particular,” said Dr. Cecil Staton, ECU chancellor. “We cannot be successful and continue to produce capable and engaged citizens who will go out across the communities of this state and make a difference if we don’t have a vital partnership with our community college system. We value what you do, we value your students, and we value our partnership.”
-Contact: Jules Norwood, norwoodd15@ecu.edu, 252-328-2836