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BSC Holds Student Transfer Fair

Birmingham, AL (04/05/2024) — Birmingham-Southern College welcomedmore than 200 representatives from 65 universities and colleges to its Student Transfer Fair today.

The event at BSC's Bruno Great Hall saw over 400 studentsparticipate, where they were provided with the valuable opportunity to explore options to continue their pathways to degrees after the College closes on May 31, 2024.

The Student Transfer Fair facilitated meaningful conversations between BSC students and representatives from institutions ranging from large public universities to private colleges and specialized programs located in Alabama, every state in the Southeast, and as far away as Ohio.

BSC's Provost, Dr. Laura K. Stultz, has secured two types of partnerships with participating institutions:

Teach-out agreements - automatic admission of students in good standing, waived application fees and residency requirements, acceptance of all regular term credits, comparable tuition/fees, and on-time degree completion.

Transfer agreements - some but not all of the teach-out provisions.

Specifics on each institution's agreement is available on the BSC website.

BSC President Daniel B. Coleman emphasized the College's commitment to supporting students through this difficult time in their lives and academic pursuits. "The faculty and staff at BSC are doing everything possible to help our students navigate this unwanted and unwelcome disruption as smoothly as possible," he said. "We especially appreciate the way our partners in the higher education community have reached out and stepped up.

"They are eager to welcome our students, especially given the high caliber of students BSC is known for."

Birmingham-Southern College will cease operations on May 31, 2024, following an 18-month effort to obtain bridge funding from a $30 million state loan program conceived and enacted to save the 168-year-old, nationally ranked liberal arts institution. The College Board of Trustees voted unanimously to close the College after a 2024 bill designed to amend the 2023 legislation that established the loan program failed to win sufficient support.

[video clips and photos of the event can be downloaded here, attribute to BSC Communications]

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