Private Iowa college partners with all state's community colleges on transfer

Clarke University in Iowa is partnering with all the state's community colleges to create a transfer pathway for students in eight degree programs. Students in those pathways who transfer to the four-year university with an associate degree are guaranteed to get junior standing. Currently, the college enrolls about 100 transfer students annually. It hopes this partnership will grow that number to 160 by 2026. The new partnership was built up in less than a year and a half and can...