Manor College signs dual admissions agreements with area colleges (06/02/02)

Manor College signs dual admissions agreements with area colleges

JENKINTOWN, Pa. - Manor College President Sister Mary Cecilia Jurasinski, OSBM, and Holy Family College President Sister Francesca Onley, CSFN, Ph.D., recently added their signatures to a new Dual Admissions Agreement between the two educational institutions.

The Holy Family signing marks the latest in a series of similar agreements Manor College has entered into this year with area four-year colleges and universities, including Cabrini College, Chestnut Hill College, Gwynedd-Mercy College, Immaculate College, LaSalle University and Rosemont College.

With the agreements, Manor College students completing a designated associate degree are granted admission to the four-year institutions, where they can receive a bachelor's degree in two years, without losing time or credits.

"We have always been closely aligned with Holy Family," said Sally Mydlowec, executive vice-president and dean of academic affairs. "Transferring to Holy Family will be a great opportunity for our education and our business majors in particular," she added.

With many of the agreements, Manor students will enjoy a core-to-core advantage, whereby the core course requirements at the four-year institution are fulfilled by Manor's core courses. By recognizing that the core requirements are embedded in Manor's associate degree program, Manor students avoid the need to take core courses at the four-year college or university.

Other benefits to Manor students include the fact that the application fees are waived under the agreements, transfer scholarships are available to students maintaining a certain GPA, and Manor students will have the opportunity to meet with staff members from the four-year institutions on Manor's campus to obtain assistance and information.

Manor students must meet certain requirements under the agreement as well. A Dual Admissions Intent Form must be signed before completing 30 credits at Manor, and a minimum GPA must be maintained, which varies according to the bachelor's degree program, to be eligible for transfer. Students must earn at least a "C" in all major courses being transferred into the bachelor's degree major.

The four-year institutions benefit from the agreements because they are getting a proven product. By accepting Manor students who are transferring in after meeting the requirements of the agreements, they are receiving students who have already gone through the most difficult part of a college education - the first two years - and come out as successful Manor graduates.

"By accepting proven Manor students, the four-year institutions replenish their student body at the junior level," Ms. Mydlowec said. "It's great for their retention."

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