Dropout rates won’t factor in Miss. school ratings
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi University for Women officials played host Thursday to counterparts from several community colleges. WCBI-TV reports that MUW was reaching out to a group that could direct hundreds of students toward the historic Columbus campus. Most of the presidents of the state’s 15 community colleges and their staffs met with MUW President Dr. Jim Borsig, MUW’s president. They were shown the university’s online and on-campus programs for traditional and nontraditional students. The state’s two-year schools graduate hundreds of students a year, many with associates’ degrees in nursing and business. Borsig says that makes MUW a good fit to continue their college careers. Many Mississippi universities have been taking steps to make the transfer of credits by students from community and junior colleges easier.
