Students from eight universities within The Texas A&M University System will now have the opportunity for seamless admission by transfer into certain Texas A&M University programs as part of a formal agreement for a five-year pilot project.
Texas A&M Interim President R. Bowen Loftin signed the transfer agreement on Thursday, Jan. 21 with the respective A&M System presidents from Prairie View A&M University, Tarleton State University, Texas A&M International University, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, West Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University-Texarkana.
To qualify under provisions of the Program for System Admission, students admitted to this program must have completed at least 24 credits in transferrable classes at their respective A&M System universities that satisfy their chosen Texas A&M degree programs and have a minimum 3.0 grade point average overall in the courses listed in the chosen Texas A&M degree program, among other stipulations.
“This agreement serves to define and facilitate the automatic transfer of A&M System students into one of several programs at Texas A&M University,” said Loftin. “It will ensure seamless transition into selected Texas A&M University programs, according to the provisions and conditions in the document, and we are delighted to be able to cooperate and share resources with the other A&M System universities in this manner. Even more importantly, we are most pleased to be in a position to assist students who are looking for specific areas of study that we offer here at Texas A&M.”
Texas A&M System Chancellor Michael D. McKinney applauded the agreement, citing it as an “excellent example of cooperation and collaboration between our universities. I thank and congratulate the leadership at Texas A&M and our A&M System universities for taking the initiative to make this proposal a reality for the benefit of numerous current and future students.”
The agreement includes a provision for the five-year pilot program to be extended for another period not to exceed five years, subject to approval by officials at participating universities.
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Good idea! Now, those of us who work with transfer stuents are already being contacted by students to see if they qualify and to determine if the program in which they are interested is one of those “certain programs.” To whom should I refer those students? Or, better yet, where might advisors find operational information about this project?