Iowa Private Colleges Have a Message for Transfer Students: Our Door Is Open

A looming drop in high school graduates, who increasingly are heading straight to the workforce, has private universities in Iowa teaming up with community colleges to get more students in their seats and headed toward a postsecondary degree — which experts say is necessary to meet Iowa’s changing workforce needs. Last year, a majority of Iowa’s private colleges and universities created an “Iowa Private Transfer Collaborative,” which this fall signed an admission agreement with Iowa’s 15 community colleges aimed at simplifying and streamlining the community-to-private college transfer pipeline.