Our Partners

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The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, with the support of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, has convened two and four-year institutions from across the country in an effort to expand and diversify the transfer pipeline to high-graduation-rate colleges and universities.

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Four-Year Institutions

Amherst College
Private liberal arts college; Amherst, Massachusetts

Transfer application deadlines: March 1 (fall semester) + November 1 (spring semester)

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Bates College
Private liberal arts college; Lewiston, Maine

Transfer application deadlines: March 1 transfer application deadline

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Bowdoin College
Private liberal arts college; Brunswick, Maine

Transfer application deadlines: March 1 (fall semester only)

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Brown University
Private research university; Providence, Rhode Island

Transfer application deadlines: October 1 (Spring 2024 semester) + March 1 (Fall 2024 semester)

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Cornell University
Private research university; Ithaca, New York

Transfer application deadlines: March 15 (fall semester)

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Johns Hopkins University
Private research university; Baltimore, Maryland

Transfer application deadlines: March 1 (fall semester)

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Private research university; Cambridge, Massachusetts

Transfer application deadlines: March 15 (fall semester) + October 15 (spring semester)

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Mount Holyoke College
Private women's college; South Hadley, Massachusetts

Transfer application deadlines: March 15 (fall semester) + November 1 (spring semester)

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Pomona College
Private liberal arts college; Claremont, California

Transfer application deadlines: February 15 (fall semester only)

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Rice University
Private research university; Houston, Texas

Transfer application deadlines: November 1 (spring semester) + March 15 (fall semester)

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Smith College
Private women's college; Northampton, Massachusetts
Transfer application deadlines: February 15* (fall semester) + November 15 (spring semester)
*While February 15 is the preferred filing date, applications for admission and financial aid will be accepted for the fall semester until May 1 
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Swarthmore College
Private liberal arts college; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Transfer application deadline: April 1 (fall semester only)

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Wellesley College
Private women's college; Wellesley, Massachusetts

Transfer application deadlines: March 1 (Fall 2024 semester)

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Williams College
Private liberal arts college; Williamstown, Massachusetts

Transfer application deadlines: March 1 (fall semester only)

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Yale University
Private research university; New Haven, Connecticut

Transfer application deadlines: March 1 (fall semester only)

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Community Colleges

Alamo Colleges District
San Antonio, Texas
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Borough of Manhattan Community College
New York, New York
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Broward College
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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City Colleges of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
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Community College of Baltimore County
Baltimore, Maryland
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Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill, California
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Holyoke Community College
Holyoke, Massachusetts
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Indian River State College
Fort Pierce, Florida
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Kingsborough Community College
New York, New York
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LaGuardia Community College
Queens, New York
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Massachusetts Bay Community College
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts
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Miami Dade College
Miami, Florida
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Middlesex Community College
Bedford, MA
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi
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Moorpark College
Moorpark, California
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Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, Virginia
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Queensborough Community College
Bayside, New York
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Richard Bland College
Petersburg, Virginia
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San Jacinto College
Pasadena / Houston, Texas
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Four-Year Partners Coming in 2024-2025

Columbia University
Private research university; New York, New York

Transfer application deadlines: March 1 (fall semester)

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Northwestern University
Private research university; Chicago, Illinois

Transfer application deadlines: March 15 (fall semester)

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Wesleyan University
Private liberal arts college; Middletown, Connecticut

Transfer application deadlines: March 15 (fall semester)

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Partners/Funders

Managing Organizations

American Talent Initiative

The Transfer Scholars Network is an off-shoot of the American Talent Initiative, a collective of 133 high-graduation-rate colleges and universities across the country devoted to increasing access and success for students from lower-income backgrounds. ATI prioritizes community college transfer as a critical strategy to reach this goal.

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In addition to co-managing the American Talent Initiative, the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program places an emphasis on practices and policies that result in strong outcomes for transfer students. CEP is proud to oversee this effort as an extension of that commitment. The program is part of The Aspen Institute, a global nonprofit organization committed to realizing a free, just, and equitable society.

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Supporting Partner

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The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation partnered with the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program to help launch the Transfer Scholars Network and remains committed to supporting its success. The Transfer Scholars Network reflects the Foundation’s commitment to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need through initiatives like the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Since 2000, the Foundation has awarded over $220 million in scholarships to over 2,800 students from 8th grade through graduate school, funded comprehensive educational advising and other support services, and also provided $115 million in grants to organizations that serve such students.

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