CITRUS COLLEGE HONORED FOR TRANSFER DEGREE SUCCESS
For the fourth consecutive year, the Campaign for College Opportunity has named Citrus College a Champion of Higher Education for Excellence in Transfer.
The California-based nonprofit research and advocacy organization presents this annual designation to California community colleges and California State University campuses that have demonstrated success in implementing the state's associate degree for transfer (ADT) pathway.
At Citrus College, thousands of transfer degrees have been awarded since California's ADTs were implemented in 2012. During the 2018-2019 academic year, the college awarded 964 ADTs.
Citrus College was one of only 12 community colleges in the state to be honored during the Campaign for College Opportunity's 15th Anniversary Celebration last month. In addition to recognizing Champions of Higher Education, the organization also honored Governor Gavin Newsom and California Secretary of State Alex Padilla.
"The Champion of Higher Education designation is one that Citrus College is always proud to receive,' stated the college superintendent/president. "The college awarded 39 transfer degrees in 2012, which was the inaugural year. Since that time, faculty and staff have invested a significant amount of time and effort into creating new transfer degree options and promoting transfer degrees as sensible academic pathways. We now offer 25 different transfer degrees, and the number of students earning these degrees has increased by nearly 2,500%. The progress has been astounding!"
This article originally appeared in the December 2019 edition of the Citrus View.