With Virginia colleges expecting an increase of about 10,000 Virginia students wanting a college education in the coming years, new ideas are needed. With a good community college system, one hopes state legislators would be willing to force the better institutions to commit to taking any student who gets an associate degree at a community colleges.
In a new agreement with Old Dominion University, some Piedmont Virginia Community College students who were late in deciding to go for a bachelor’s degree will be able to transfer seamlessly.
Students with associate degrees in applied sciences – awarded for completion of occupational and technical programs – will be able to automatically transfer into ODU as juniors if they have at least a C average.
Until now, only students with associate degrees in arts and science could transfer automatically.