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June 8, 2006

Texas A&M, Blinn College Renew Guaranteed Transfer Program

Texas A&M University and Blinn College will continue offering a guaranteed transfer program that has become a national model for cooperative efforts between junior and senior institutions. Presidents Robert Gates and Donald Voelter signed an agreement for another five years of the Blinn-TEAM (Transfer Enrollment at A&M) program.

Begun in 2001, the TEAM program has included 1676 students. More than 75 percent of students participating in the first three years of the program have successfully transitioned to Texas A&M. The state average for transfer is 32 percent with Blinn holding the highest transfer rate at 52.6 percent.

The program targets freshmen on the Texas A&M wait list. TEAM students are required to take a minimum of 12 combined hours each long semester with 1-2 classes being taken at Texas A&M and the remainder at Blinn College. After two years with a total of 60 hours (15 at Texas A&M, 45 at Blinn). Students who maintain a minimum 3.0 GPR at both schools transition to A&M as fully admitted students. Some Texas A&M colleges may have additional program specific requirements. Truly exceptional TEAM students may apply as transfer students even before completing the TEAM requirements; however, doing so does not guarantee them automatic admission, Texas A&M Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Associate Provost Dr. Mark Weichold said.

TEAM students reap the benefits of both campuses, including access to Texas A&M’s on-campus housing, library sources, recreation center, health center, food services, and student tickets to Aggie sporting and performing arts events. At Blinn, they experience lower tuition and smaller class sizes, which many students find advantageous in the transition from high school to a university.

The partnership was a natural progression considering that Blinn College leads the state in the percentage of students who transfer to four-year institutions, and it transfers more students to Texas A&M than does any other community college. Blinn also boasts the highest percentage of students from among the state’s two-year colleges to go on to earn bachelor’s degrees.

Texas A&M wait list students not chosen for the Blinn TEAM program will continue to have two other transfer options available to them: transfer from the college or university of their choice, or enrollment at Texas A&M’s Galveston branch campus.