swirling
n.— «Swirling Students: Students who have been admitted to a degree program at a baccalaureate institution and take courses at one of the colleges to be transferred and applied toward a baccalaureate degree.» —“Definitions Of Transfer Students” by Department of University and College Relations Maricopa Community Colleges (Tempe, Ariz.) Feb. 3, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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