Guest Op-ed: To strengthen New Jersey’s workforce, strengthen transfer pathways

Guest Op-ed: To strengthen New Jersey’s workforce, strengthen transfer pathways

By Dr. K.L. Allen, Regional Vice President, Northeast, Western Governors University Trenton’s workforce depends on the students most likely to fall through the cracks: transfer students. Nearly half of all undergraduates in New Jersey are enrolled in community colleges, including thousands of students at Mercer County Community College serving Trenton and the surrounding region. Yet the learners with the clearest aspirations to earn a bachelor’s…