1. Reporting on Transfers with ASSIST
Tracy Salter
Sr. ASSIST Data Analyst
AzTransfer
April 14, 2017

2. Reporting on Transfers with ASSIST
Objectives
What is ASSIST
Description
Purposes
Current Reports and Sample Analyses
New Transfers
Bacc Degree Recipients who were New Transfer
Graduation Rate of New Transfers
Audience Participation
Possibilities
Emerging Trends

3. ASSIST
Arizona
State
System for
Information on
Student
Transfer

4. What is ASSIST? A statewide data warehouse with
student records from 10 community
college districts and 3 universities …
….that allows institutions to track students as they move through Arizona’s higher education pipeline

5. Participating Institutions
Coconino CC
Mohave CC
NAU
Northland
Pioneer
College
Yavapai College
10 Maricopa
Community Colleges
ASU
Central AZ
College
AZ Western
College
Eastern AZ
College UA
Pima CC
Cochise
College

6. History of ASSIST
1996 Transfer Articulation Task Force recommended a tracking system to access the effectiveness of a new transfer model
Security policies and agreements
Funding
Operations (staffing and participation)

7. History of ASSIST
2017 ASSIST can track over 3 million unique students who have taken over
42 million courses

8. Security Issues
How to Protect Student Privacy (FERPA) Personally identifiable data elements replaced with anonymous ASSIST ID
How to Prevent Mis-Use of Data
ASSIST to be used solely for research and activities consistent with research, with focus on transfer-related issues

9. Security Issues
How to Retain Institutional Control Individual datamarts created for each institution
Institutions can only access the records of students who attended their institution
Only employees of the institution’s IR office can obtain authorization to access that institution’s data

10. How is ASSIST Used? To evaluate transfer effectiveness
How many students transferred to a university? How many credit hours were transferred?
How many students transferred with an AGEC or an Associate Degree?
How many transfer students earned a baccalaureate degree? What majors?

11. How is ASSIST Used?
To analyze academic performance and course-taking behavior of transfers
How well did students perform in their first semester after transferring?
How well did students do in upper level courses after transferring?
What is the graduation rate of students who transferred?

12. Why Use ASSIST?
Allows community colleges to track their students through the transfer process
Serves as a valuable decision support tool for institutional policy makers who need answers to help them address curricular reform issues

13. New Transfers from Arizona Community Colleges
Report

14. New Transfers
Methodology
AZCC New Transfer : students who entered the university in the academic year with 12 or more accepted transfer credits from Arizona public community colleges

16. Baccalaureate Degree Recipients who Entered as New Transfer from Arizona Community Colleges
Report

17. Baccalaureate Degree Recipients who were AZCC New Transfers
Number of AZCC transfer students who received a baccalaureate degree in the academic year from any of the Arizona public universities

19. Graduation Rate of New Transfers
Report

20. New Transfers’ Graduation Rate

23. Graduation Rate Analysis
Excel PivotTables
Dashboard

29. Key Finding:
After 6 years,
Transfers who enter full-time
and
Transfers with an AA-AB-AS
have the highest
Graduation rate

30. Audience Participation
Were you surprised by any of the data reviewed?
Do you have any suggestions for ASSIST reports that provide actionable information?
What are emerging trends in transfer that ASSIST can be used to help evaluate the impact to transfer and success?

31. ASSIST Resources IR Office at your institution
ASSIST web site: assist.aztransfer.com
Tracy Salter and Rebecca McKay at

32. Reporting on Transfers with ASSIST
Tracy Salter
Sr. ASSIST Data Analyst
AzTransfer
April 14, 2017