By Heart of Illinois ABC
NORMAL – Leaders from Illinois Wesleyan University and Heartland Community College signed a guaranteed admissions agreement Thursday aiming to make it easier to transfer from one institution to the other.
The agreement covers courses in more than 30 subjects including the humanities, sciences, and business-related topics, according to a news release.
Heartland’s provost and vice president of academic affairs, Dr. Rick Pearce, said administrators would like to add more majors in the future.
“We’d love to be able to add more as we roll this out, but that’s what we were looking for. Where was there alignment, or at least it was close enough. All we need to do was tweak a little bit,” said Pearce.
In a prepared statement, IWU President S. Georgia Nugent said, “We know that the majority of community college students begin their studies with the intention of completing a four-year degree,”
“To the extent that Illinois Wesleyan can become a transfer destination, HCC, IWU, and our community all benefit,” Nugent also said.
Some students may need to take prerequisite classes depending on the major. They need to complete Heartland’s transfer-oriented program with a 3.0 grade point average or better on a 4.0 scale.
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