Valerie Como, Sarah Green, Daymyen Layne & Gregory Whitmore Student Populations & Issues Group Project Transfer Students EDU773 Theories of College Student Development Valerie Como, Sarah Green, Daymyen Layne & Gregory Whitmore

Transfer Student Troubles

Transfer Students - By the Numbers ⅓ of students will change institutions before graduating 25% of students transfer more than once 37% of students transfer during their sophomore year

Transfer Students - Reasons Refined academic and/or career goals Dissatisfaction with current institution Second chance to attend their first choice college Next step after attending a community college

Transfer Students - Challenges Prior college experience, yet everything is new again Overconfident May not identify themselves as a transfer student “Transfer Shock”

Self-Authorship Theory - Baxter Magolda Intellectual How do I learn? Intrapersonal Who am I? Interpersonal How do I construct relationships?

Self-Authorship Theory - Baxter Magolda Trusting the Internal Voice Building an Internal Foundation Securing Internal Commitments Longitudinal elements of self authorship Original participants

Self-Authorship Theory - Baxter Magolda Phase I Follow Formulas External sources of influence Phase II Crossroads Sense of self

Self-Authorship Theory - Baxter Magolda Phase III Become the Author of One’s Life Belief systems Phase IV Internal Foundation Self trust and inner core

Transition Theory - Goodman et. al “Any event, or non-event, that results in changed relationships, routines, assumptions, and roles” Transition Type Context Impact

Transition Theory - Goodman et. al situation self support S’s strategies

Identity Theory - Chickering Non-linear Unique to student Can go through more than one vector at a time

Identity Theory - Chickering Interpersonal Intellectual Physical & Manual Skills Developing Competence

Identity Theory - Chickering making sense of new college & environment examining goals & aspirations relevant to students before they actually transfer Developing Purpose

Identity Theory - Chickering “Little fish in a big pond” Adjusting to new culture and environment Lack of social support Establishing Identity

Developmental Ecology Theory - Bronfenbrenner Process Time Person Context

Developmental Ecology Theory - Bronfenbrenner macrosystem exosystem mesosystem microsystem

Transfer Students - Recommendations Data Mining Strategic Planning Program Development Support Services Delivery

Transfer Students - Recommendations campus lingo transfer credits academic requirements technology

Transfer Students - Recommendations Transfer office Transfer agents Mentoring program Housing assignments DAYMYEN

Transfer Students - Recommendations Transfer student focused programming c2c2c DAYMYEN