The development of nursing leaders was the broad goal of an Iowa project which developed lower-division transfer curriculums to articulate directly with the upper division major in nursing, thereby almost doubling the number of graduates with baccalaureate preparation for nursing. After five years, the program can be called successful. (Author/AJ)

Southwest Texas State (SWT) University has developed a system of communication with two-year community colleges that aims to provide information about new student performance and identify student needs. About 60% of the 7,000 new undergraduate students first enrolling in SWT each year are transfer students. In 1992, about 60% of new students at…