Transferring Just Became Easier Presented by: Marilyn Marshall, u.select Illinois Project Director

Agenda Statewide Transfer Tools What is u.select Live Demonstration u.select Illinois Project Join u.select

Prevalence of Transfer 60% of graduates earn transfer credit 50,000 students transfer among Illinois institutions each fall More minority students attend Illinois community colleges

Transfer in Illinois Summary Fall 2007 Transfers in Illinois To Illinois Institutions From Public Universities Community CollegesIndpt NFPIndpt FP Out-of- State in ILTotal Public Universities 1,128 3,331 1, ,804 Community Colleges 10,603 4,663 6,697 1, ,783 Independent Not-For- Profit Insts 935 1, ,206 Independent For-Profit Insts Other Insts, incl out of state 3,053 6,685 4,876 3, ,865 Total 15,767 16,826 13,838 5,147 1,749 53,327

Complexity of Transfer Number of StudentsNumber of Transcripts Transcripts from Illinois only Transcripts from Illinois and another state or military 1023 Transcripts from outside Illinois only 1922 Total100155

Statewide Transfer Tools Launched in 1998 Home of Illinois Articulation Initiative IAI is a statewide articulation agreement Launched in 2002 u.select is a tool to show individual students how IAI and other articulation agreements effect them.

What is u.select? Online transfer advising tool Allows students and advisors to: –Explore colleges and universities –Obtain degree requirements –View course-by-course equivalencies –Monitor progress towards a degree It is a free service funded by the Illinois Board of Higher Education and supported by the participating institutions.

Who can use u.select? Students –Community College, University and High School Advisors –Academic, Transfer, Admissions and Faculty School Administrators Parents

Let’s see how it works…

u.select Tools Schools Course Equivalencies Demonstrates how courses transfer from one institution to another. Programs Transfer Plans View degree requirements by major at participating colleges and universities. Access links to different student services such as Admissions, Registrations and Financial Aid. Run a personalized degree report to see how courses will transfer and apply to a specific institution.

Advising with u.select U Select an Approach:

How to utilize u.select during an advising session As a Guest –Access to basic u.select tools: Schools, Programs and Course Equivalency As a User – it’s free! –Access to all u.select tools –Save your profile, courses, plans

U Select Your Approach Introduce Guest CEGs Bookmark Individualize Create History Run Planning Guide Half card step-by-step Illustrate Prepared History Selected Planning Guides Bookmark

U Select Your Approach: Introduce Amount of advising time with students –15-30 minutes Approach –Use Guest Login –Show Course Equivalency Guides –Look at Programs o Focus on specific major courses o Print Planning Guide if requested o Distribute bookmark for student to create account

U Select Your Approach: Illustrate Amount of advising time with students - 30 minutes Approach - Login to personal account or general advisor account - Explain Planning Guides o My Courses contains courses most commonly taken by students o Planning Guides are completed for most popular programs and institutions - Print or Planning Guides

U Select Your Approach: Individualize Amount of advising time with students - 30 minutes Approach - Login to general advisor account or create student’s account -Load My Courses -Walk students through Add a Course -Utilize Request Import - Create a Planning Guide with student - Print or Planning Guides

Statewide Project u.select Illinois Project

u.select nationwide u.select is a statewide system in: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Oregon and Ohio

u.select Illinois Project Illinois Participating Institutions –12 Public Universities –48 Community Colleges –7 Independent Institutions

Participation Course Listing –Annual submission –Eight fields >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Course Equivalencies and URLs –Requires online transfer articulation tables Transfer Plans –Requires automated degree audit system >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Request Import

Receiving Institutions Planning Guide, Course Equivalency Guide and Course Listing implemented: DePaul University Eastern Illinois University Illinois State University Southern Illinois U at Edwardsville (Fall 2009) U of Illinois at Chicago U of Illinois at Springfield U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign West Suburban College of Nursing Western Illinois University Course Equivalency Guide and Course Listing implemented: Bradley U College Of DuPage National-Louis U Northern Illinois U Southern Illinois U at Carbondale Course Equivalency Guide or Course Listing implemented: Chicago State U Governors State U (implementation Spring 2010) Loyola U Chicago Northeastern Illinois NIU Bradley ISU UIUC EIU UIS WIU SIUE SIUC COD CSU DePaul GSU Loyola National-Louis NEIU UIC West Suburban

Sending Institutions Course listings implemented:  Black Hawk C.  Bradley U.  Chicago State U.  City Colleges of Chicago  College of DuPage  Danville Area CC.  DePaul U.  Eastern Illinois U.  Elgin CC.  W. R. Harper C.  Heartland CC.  Highland CC.  Illinois Central C.  Illinois Eastern CCs.  Illinois State U.  Illinois Valley CC.  Joliet JC.  Kankakee CC.  Kaskaskia C.  Kishwaukee C.  C. of Lake County  Lake Land C.  Lewis & Clark CC.  Lincoln Land CC.  John A. Logan C.  MacCormac C.  McHenry CC.  Moraine Valley CC.  Morton C.  National-Louis U.  Northern Illinois U.  Oakton CC.  Parkland C.  Prairie State C.  Rend Lake C.  Richland CC.  Rock Valley C.  Saint Augustine C.  Carl Sandburg C.  Sauk Valley CC.  Shawnee CC.  South Suburban C.  Southeastern Illinois C.  Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale  Southern Illinois U. at Edwardsville  Southwestern Illinois C.  Spoon River C.  Triton C.  U. of Illinois at Chicago  U. of Illinois at Springfield  U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  Waubonsee CC.  West Suburban C. of Nursing  Western Illinois U.  John Wood CC.

Request Import Institutions  Black Hawk C.  City Colleges of Chicago  College of DuPage  Elgin CC.  Illinois Eastern CC  Lewis & Clark  Lincoln Land CC (Fall 2009)  Moraine Valley CC  Carl Sandburg C  Sauk Valley CC  U of Illinois Chicago (Fall 2009)  U of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Fall 2009)  U of Illinois Springfield (Fall 2009)

u.select Illinois –Explore colleges and universities –Obtain degree requirements –View course-by-course equivalencies –Monitor progress towards a degree U Select Your Approach –Introduce, illustrate, individualize Participation –Course listing, CEG, Transfer Plan, RI

u.select Team (vacant) Visiting Project Coordinator Marilyn Marshall Project Director Warren Osborne Technical Coordinator