PRESENTED BY: Lois Bishop, DePaul University Agnes Szemborski, Harper College Marilyn Marshall, University of Illinois Dena Lawrence, u.select Illinois

Harper College – a public community college DePaul University – a private 4-year university University of Illinois – a public 4-year university and u.select grant recipient u.select Illinois – an IBHE grant-funded initiative to provide statewide online transfer advising tool

 Context of Transfer in IL  Overview of u.select Illinois  Creation of a Partnership  Using u.select at Harper College  Using u.select at DePaul University  Lessons learned  Q&A

 “One of the recommendations under Goal 3 of the Illinois Public Agenda is to strengthen articulation through stable funding and expansion of transfer tools such as the Illinois Articulation Initiative and u.select.”

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2 + 2’s Advisors Agreements Policy Information Tools Websites Course to Course Transfer Coordinators u.select iTransfer IAI students

 Launched in 2002  Illinois Participating Institutions  12 Public Universities  48 Community Colleges  7 Independent Institutions  Various levels of implementation  Licensed by IBHE grant  Supported by ICCB, iTransfer and participating institutions  Representative Advisory Committee  Facilitates ICCB Articulation Process

 Allows students to access degree requirements online.  Enables students to run a personalized planning guide and monitor their progress toward degree completion.  Provides a common source for transfer information to counselors, advisors, faculty and students.  Allows 2- and 4-year counselors to access their transfer students information in u.select.

u.select is the statewide system in: Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Oregon, Ohio and Wisconsin

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 “Success” is defined as helping students transfer and graduate.  Eliminate reliance on static, printed transfer agreements.  Transfer agreements should involve the multiple entities impacting students.  Successful transfer programs should benefit all so they will be supported, promoted and sustained.

 Community Colleges provide students with the associate degree and the first two years of the bachelor’s degree.  u.select is used to facilitate transfer advising to effectively and efficiently assist students in achieving their educational goals.  Baccalaureate institutions build on that foundation to provide the students a degree in their chosen major.  Student is the beneficiary.

 114 years of urban, Catholic, Vincentian tradition  Today, enrollment of 25,000 students  10 colleges and 5 campuses in Chicagoland area  Largest & fastest growing Catholic university in U.S.  9th largest private not-for-profit university

 DAPP was created to increase the services and programs for our transfer students by building on our existing relationships, internally and externally.  DAPP is a program for students who choose to begin their DePaul bachelor’s degree at a community college.  External relationships included Harper College and u.select.  Multiple offices and departments within DePaul have active roles in DAPP.

 Comprehensive community college serving communities in the northwest suburbs of Chicago  16,000 students enrolled  7 Associate Degrees and various Certificates available  Nearly 50% of students intend to transfer to a 4-year college and complete a baccalaureate degree

 u.select provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate information for prospective transfer students  students can see how their courses will transfer, view remaining degree requirements, and get the course numbers to fulfill those remaining requirements  Takes the guesswork out of transfer planning

Harper student working toward DePaul Degree

 IAI incorporated  Tool used by students and advisors  Evaluate coursework for Gen Ed requirements:  Process coursework from multiple institutions  Against IAI approved courses

 Lois Bishop  Dena Lawrence  Marilyn Marshall  Agnes Szemborski