Today’s College Students: Core Values for Building Transfer

Student SuccessDr. Mark Allen Poisel

July 16, 2013

AACRAO Transfer ConferenceDetermining New Pathways Towards

Student Success

What Today’s Students Hear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI

National and State Implications

Greater emphasis on accountability from legislatures and US DOE

Greater emphasis on earning a bachelor’s degree

Enhanced role of the community college Funding based on access, performance, and

success, not just enrollment

Focus on Transfer Students

Establish a transfer friendly environment

Learn about your students via data Assess your culture & programs Develop good policies and procedures Build strong relationships and

partnerships Prepare students for transfer Enhance student engagement

Transfer Pathway

Create an institution-wide vision that includes transfer students

Treat transfers in outreach, admission, academic, and student affairs with a devotion similar to that of first-year students

Understand that the needs of transfer students may be different than those of first-year students (Handel, 2011)

Transfer Student Success

Transition

ProgressionPreparation

Where YOU fit in

Help students early or before they arrive Work with them during the transition and first

year Help them graduate and move on to the next

stage

Preparation

Assistance

Communication

Information

Transition

First Year

Resources

Communication

Progression

Academics

Intergration

Graduation

Core Values

Collaboration

Advocacy

Engagement

Success

Collaboration

Build relationships and partnerships

Involve faculty, staff, and students

Create programming and services

Encourage curriculum alignment

Partner-> Create->Succeed

Partnerships and Programs Articulation

agreements Common syllabi and

courses Workshops and

programs Shared facilities,

faculty and staff Concurrent

enrollment

Advisor workshops Decision days and

joint advisement programs

Shared curriculum guides

Presentations in CC classes and before graduation

Advocacy

Be intentional about transfers

Establish a transfer friendly environment

Develop good policies and procedures

Tell the transfer story

Advocacy Initiatives

Establish a transfer success committee

Perform a campus audit of the transfer culture

Recommend specific transfer policies or procedures

Develop feedback mechanisms Create a communication tool to

highlight the successes of transfer students

Engagement

Focus on student engagement

Create first-year programming

Establish a role for student leaders

Connect to organizations

Engagement Activities

Student organizations for transfers

Leadership and service programs

Peer mentoring roles

Undergraduate research opportunities

Inclusive activities and academic workshops

Success

Prepare students for transfer

Focus on the transition

Emphasize academic success

Measure student learning outcomes

Programs and Services

Transfer centers Transfer orientation and welcome

week Parent/family programs Transfer student success seminars Peer mentoring and ambassador

programs Financial management workshops Veterans programs Transfer fairs for students and their

families On-line transfer guides

Recommendations Know your students Know their needs and wants Establish networks and partnerships Involve faculty, staff, and students Learn from other efforts Implement collaborative programs Remember transfer students in policy

discussions

Today’s College Students: Core Values for Building Transfer

Student SuccessDr. Mark Allen Poisel

July 16, 2013