"We're continuing the seamless transfer that we have. But what makes today special is that we have a lot of students who come from BCTC to come here. Today's transfer agreement offers that same seamlessness to all teen colleges across the Commonwealth," said Ryan Quarles, President of KCTCS.
That path worked for Kahlilah Mitchell, who spent three years of her undergraduate studies at KCTCS and completed her degree in social work at EKU.
"I immediately got into my social work program, and it literally took me maybe twelve months at most to graduate with my degree."
Mitchell said she began at Community College because the smaller campus and class sizes appealed to her. For others, the choice can be a financial one. Mitchell is now earning her master’s degree at EKU and has this advice for Kentuckians who may be interested in the program.
"Take all the help that you can get. Receive it. Take it in, and then keep going," Mitchell said. "And then on top of that, do not time it. Anytime that we time it, we stress ourself out. So don't time it. Just go with the flow."
Quarles said there are transfer partnerships with all state universities, including UK, and the statewide plan is currently in 5 of 8. Full partnerships with the final three are in the works.
More than 13,600 students transferred from a KCTCS college to a four-year university last year.