Thu, 02/25/2021 LAWRENCE — For the fifth consecutive year, the University of Kansas has been recognized for excellence in community college transfer by a national honor society. KU is one of 150 colleges and universities named to Phi Theta Kappa’s 2021 Transfer Honor Roll, which recognizes excellence in the development of transfer pathways. This honor is awarded to the top 25% of colleges that earned the highest Transfer Friendliness Ratings by completing a Transfer Profile in PTK Connect. Honor roll members were scored on criteria like admissions practices, cost of attendance, campus life, recruitment practices and peer reviews. “KU’s continued placement on Phi Theta Kappa’s Transfer Roll is an outcome associated with the importance KU has placed on transfer students as a critical component of KU’s enrollment portfolio,” said Matt Melvin, vice provost for enrollment management. “Data from our various nonmatriculant surveys clearly indicates that, as a result of the pandemic, a large number of students elected to utilize their local community college as their port of entry into higher education. Effectively attracting and serving this market segment becomes even more important in our efforts to secure KU’s preferred enrollment future. We want and encourage community college students to continue their educational careers at KU either through the campus in Lawrence, the Edwards Campus, KU online or through a combination of delivery modes.”