FSCC, NCCC partner with PSU to help students
Brock Sisney
Issue date: 10/22/09 Section: Front Page
The legislative post audit report failed to mention that Pittsburg State University has two working relationships with local community colleges, Fort Scott Community College and Neosho County Community College.
Students who apply to PSU and fail to meet qualified admission standards are eligible to participate in the FSCC QA program on the PSU campus.
President Steve Scott says both PSU and FSCC benefit from their educational partnership and believes that the partnership increases the likelihood of success for the PSU student.
"FSCC uses our classrooms and labs for these classes, and the students are eligible to use our dining facility, live in our residence halls, and use our library," Scott said, by e-mail. "It's an excellent way to leverage the resources and strengths of FSCC in support of area students. We appreciate the partnership, and I know Fort Scott feels the same way."
Bill Ivy, dean of Enrollment Management and Student Success and chair of the post-audit task force sub-committee looking at the academic side, says the QA program serves as a pipeline for PSU. The program allows the student to enroll in 24 hours of FSCC credit on the PSU campus and the opportunity to make the necessary GPA for full admission as a transfer student.
"Students who do the program live on campus benefit from extracurricular activities and campus services," Ivy said. "They pay the campus services fees. Both Fort Scott and Pitt State further their mission."
For a student to pass PSU admission standards he or she must have an ACT composite score of 21 or higher, rank in the top one-third of their high school graduating class, or complete the precollege curriculum with at least a 2.0 GPA (out-of-state residents must earn a 2.5 GPA) or have 24 or more transferable college hours with at least a 2.0 GPA.
Scott says PSU and other state universities have a ten percent window of their full admission to admit students who do not meet QA standards.
"This window is used to admit students who have particular skills or unique qualities that are needed at Pittsburg State," Scott said, by e-mail. "Historically, we have not used all of the slots in the window. In fact, we typically only fill just over half of these slots. Other institutions tend to fill nearly all the window."
Students who apply to PSU and fail to meet qualified admission standards are eligible to participate in the FSCC QA program on the PSU campus.
President Steve Scott says both PSU and FSCC benefit from their educational partnership and believes that the partnership increases the likelihood of success for the PSU student.
"FSCC uses our classrooms and labs for these classes, and the students are eligible to use our dining facility, live in our residence halls, and use our library," Scott said, by e-mail. "It's an excellent way to leverage the resources and strengths of FSCC in support of area students. We appreciate the partnership, and I know Fort Scott feels the same way."
Bill Ivy, dean of Enrollment Management and Student Success and chair of the post-audit task force sub-committee looking at the academic side, says the QA program serves as a pipeline for PSU. The program allows the student to enroll in 24 hours of FSCC credit on the PSU campus and the opportunity to make the necessary GPA for full admission as a transfer student.
"Students who do the program live on campus benefit from extracurricular activities and campus services," Ivy said. "They pay the campus services fees. Both Fort Scott and Pitt State further their mission."
For a student to pass PSU admission standards he or she must have an ACT composite score of 21 or higher, rank in the top one-third of their high school graduating class, or complete the precollege curriculum with at least a 2.0 GPA (out-of-state residents must earn a 2.5 GPA) or have 24 or more transferable college hours with at least a 2.0 GPA.
Scott says PSU and other state universities have a ten percent window of their full admission to admit students who do not meet QA standards.
"This window is used to admit students who have particular skills or unique qualities that are needed at Pittsburg State," Scott said, by e-mail. "Historically, we have not used all of the slots in the window. In fact, we typically only fill just over half of these slots. Other institutions tend to fill nearly all the window."
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