The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System is an Equal Opportunity employer and educator. Program Collaboration and Transfer Update Presented to the Board of Trustees July 2005

Slide 2 TRANSFER REPORTING DEFINITIONS Transfer Student - Enrolls at a system institution and transfers in one or more credits. Transfer Record - One record for each institution from which a student transfers credits. Transfer FYE - Transfer credits divided by 30. Point in time - Transfer is measured when the student first enrolls at the receiving institution - not when credit is transferred.

Slide 3 TRANSFER IN FISCAL YEAR ,358 students transferred to Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 23.3% increase compared to FY % of all new students were transfer students 31,757 transfer records Transfer credits were the equivalent of 28,240 FYE 21.3% of the System’s total FYE

Slide 4 TRANSFER STUDENTS, RECORDS AND CREDIT (FYE) FISCAL YEARS 2000 TO 2003 Fiscal Year

Slide 5 ALL TRANSFER STUDENTS: WHERE DID THEY COME FROM IN 2003? Total = 23,358 Fiscal Year 2003

Slide 6 SYSTEM TRANSFER STUDENTS: WHERE DID THEY COME FROM IN 2003? Total = 12,051 Fiscal Year 2003

Slide 7 ALL TRANSFER STUDENTS: WHERE DID THEY GO IN 2003? Total = 23,358 Fiscal Year 2003

Slide 8 ALL TRANSFER STUDENTS AS % OF NEW STUDENTS Fiscal Year

Slide 9 TRANSFER STUDENT SUCCESS: MEASURE 6B Definition: Transfer student performance is compared to that of non-transfer students on four measures –Cumulative GPA at graduation –Cumulative credits earned at graduation –Persistence rate –Graduation rate after 3 and 6 years Groups of transfer and non-transfer students are compared based on their student classification, ie. Freshmen, sophomore, etc.

Slide 10 TRANSFER GPA AT GRADUATION COMPARED TO NON-TRANSFER Measure 6B2.1

Slide 11 TRANSFER CHANGE IN GPA COMPARED TO NON- TRANSFER Measure 6B2.1

Slide 12 TRANSFER CUM CREDITS EARNED COMPARED TO NON-TRANSFER: UNIVERSITIES Measure 6B1.2

Slide 13 TRANSFER 6-YEAR GRAD RATE COMPARED TO NON-TRANSFER Measure 6B2.1

Slide 14 MEASURE 5B: COURSE TRANSFER DEFINITIONS Percent Accepted: Credits accepted in transfer divided by Sending Credits. –Numerator: Credits Accepted: Total credits accepted in transfer at the receiving institution. –Denominator: Sending Credits: Total college-level credits earned at the sending institution, including credits from courses with “D” grade. Cohort: Undergraduate students enrolling and transferring in one or more credits from a System institution to another System institution during a fiscal year. Timeframe: Reported for students transferring in to System institutions during Fiscal Years 2002 & 2003.

Slide 15 Figure 5B-1 PERCENT CREDITS ACCPETED IN TRANSFER: SYSTEM SUMMARY

Slide 16 Figure 5B-2 PERCENT CREDITS ACCPETED TRANSFER BY RECEIVING SECTOR

Slide 17 Figure 5B-1 PERCENT CREDITS ACCPETED IN TRANSFER: CONTEXT

Slide 18 REASONS COURSES ARE NOT ACCEPTED IN TRANSFER Courses that do not apply to the student’s program or major at the receiving institution: –Student changed program or major –Student has more credits than are needed for the program or major Courses with a grade of “D” are often not accepted if the student’s GPA is below 2.0. Courses that were in progress or were taken after the student submitted the transcript. Courses that were taken more than once.

Slide 19 REASONS COURSES WERE NOT ACCEPTED IN TRANSFER Source: Review of selected transcripts

Slide 20 NEXT STEPS ON TRANSFER REPORTING Transfer rates More complete information on transfers from the system to other institutions Identify sources of comparative data on transfer