Sarah Lawrence College has established transfer partnerships with Bronx Community College and Westchester Community College.
The partnerships will begin as pilot programs with a small cohort of two students from each institution. Bronx CC will identify two students on track to graduate with an associate’s degree this spring who have an interest in transferring to a four-year liberal arts institution and who have a 3.60 GPA or higher.
Westchester Community College students who achieve either an associate”™s in science degree in childhood education track at WCC or an associate”™s in applied science in early childhood will enter with junior standing and be on track to earn a bachelor of arts after completing 60 additional credits.
A participating WCC student who maintains at least a 3.0 GPA during their junior year at Sarah Lawrence will be guaranteed admission into the college”™s master of science in education art of teaching graduate program, should they wish to enroll.
The three schools plan to seek philanthropic and grant support to finance the program”™s expansion in the future. Students who are accepted to Sarah Lawrence will be eligible for financial aid and will receive preferred admission status to specific graduate programs.
“Sarah Lawrence College is proud to form these partnerships with Bronx and Westchester community colleges to advance our institutions”™ collective work as engines of social mobility as well as to open the doors of opportunity to even more students in our region who will benefit from Sarah Lawrence”™s one-of-a-kind education,” said college President Cristle Collins Judd.
“We are looking forward to welcoming participating students in the fall of 2021 and supporting them in the next chapter of their education as they connect their passions to create their futures.”
