The Carolina Student Transfer Excellence Program (C-STEP) supports high-achieving,
low- to moderate-income students in transferring from Durham Technical Community
College to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. C-STEP identifies
qualified students while they are still in high school and guarantees their
admission to UNC if they earn an associate degree at participating community
colleges. The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, which supports programs for high-achieving
students from low-income families, is providing a grant of approximately
$900,000 to fund the program and UNC-Chapel Hill pledged $2.3 million.
"This is a wonderful beginning of a significant new level of partnership,”
said UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser.
Steve Farmer, director of admissions at UNC, said that the community college
students have access to the university’s academic advisers and career
services and come to the campus for occasional meetings. Students then receive
support services once they transfer to Carolina.
A spokesman for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation noted that C-STEP will help
talented students who “never considered transferring to a highly selected
college.”
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