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TO LINK WITH A TOP PUBLIC VA. UNIVERSITY
Longwood and TCC to sign transfer agreement Aug. 2
HAMPTON
ROADS, Va. – (July 27, 2005) – In concert with preparing
a burgeoning influx of students for transfer to baccalaureate
institutions, Tidewater Community College announces a new partnership
with a top public university in Virginia.
Longwood University, ranked by U.S. News & World Report as
one of the Top Public Universities-Master’s category in
the South, and TCC will sign a guaranteed admission agreement
for transfer students at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 2, at the college’s
Visual Arts Center in Olde Towne Portsmouth.
“With transfer playing a critical role in the restructuring
of higher education, TCC is pleased to partner with key institutions
such as Longwood University,” says TCC President Deborah
DiCroce. “The quality education offered by Longwood, especially
in teacher preparation and through their business school, adds
to valuable opportunities for our graduates.”
This transfer agreement joins similar partnerships TCC has made
with Norfolk State University and Old Dominion University. It
also follows the trend of four-year institutions working toward
agreements with community colleges to help meet the growth in
first-year students.
Longwood University - located in Farmville, 140 miles west of
Norfolk, between Lynchburg and Richmond - enrolls 4,200 students.
Founded in 1839, LU is a coeducational, comprehensive state institution
offering programs leading to bachelor’s and master’s
degrees in a wide variety of subjects.
Under the guaranteed admission agreement, which aims “to
maximize opportunities and minimize obstacles for TCC graduates
to complete a four-year degree at LU,” TCC graduates who
earn the associate of arts and/or science degree with a cumulative
grade point average of 2.5 or higher will be guaranteed admission
to LU. It also guarantees that those degree recipients will have
junior status, that all of their credits will transfer, although
not all may apply toward the degree, and that all of their lower-division
general education goals will be met.
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Laurie White |
Media Relations |
757-822-1085 |
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Tidewater Community College
is the second largest of the 23 community colleges in the Commonwealth
of Virginia, enrolling more than 36,000 students annually. The 37th
largest in the nation’s 1,600 community-college network, TCC
ranks among the 50 fastest-growing large community colleges. Founded
in 1968 as a part of the Virginia Community College System, the
college serves the South Hampton Roads region with campuses in Chesapeake,
Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach as well as the TCC Jeanne
and George Roper Performing Arts Center in the theater district
in downtown Norfolk, the Visual Arts Center in Olde Towne Portsmouth
and a regional Advanced Technology Center in Virginia Beach. Forty-four
percent of the region’s residents attending a college or university
in Virginia last fall were enrolled at TCC. For more information,
visit www.tcc.edu
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