1. Dr. Mark Allen Poisel July 16, 2013
Today’s College Students: Core Values for Building Transfer Student Success
Dr. Mark Allen Poisel
July 16, 2013

2. AACRAO Transfer Conference Determining New Pathways Towards Student Success

3. What Today’s Students Hear

4. National and State Implications
Greater emphasis on accountability from legislatures and US DOE
Greater emphasis on earning a bachelor’s degree
Enhanced role of the community college
Funding based on access, performance, and success, not just enrollment

5. Focus on Transfer Students
Establish a transfer friendly environment
Learn about your students via data
Assess your culture & programs
Develop good policies and procedures
Build strong relationships and partnerships
Prepare students for transfer
Enhance student engagement

6. Transfer Pathway
Create an institution-wide vision that includes transfer students
Treat transfers in outreach, admission, academic, and student affairs with a devotion similar to that of first-year students
Understand that the needs of transfer students may be different than those of first-year students (Handel, 2011)

7. Transfer Student Success
Transition
Where YOU fit in
Preparation
Progression
Help students early or before they arrive
Work with them during the transition and first year
Help them graduate and move on to the next stage

8. Preparation
Assistance
Communication
Information

9. Transition
First Year
Resources
Communication

10. Progression
Academics
Intergration
Graduation

11. Core Values
Collaboration
Advocacy
Engagement
Success

12. Partner-> Create->Succeed
Collaboration
Build relationships and partnerships
Involve faculty, staff, and students
Create programming and services
Encourage curriculum alignment
Partner-> Create->Succeed

13. Partnerships and Programs
Articulation agreements
Common syllabi and courses
Workshops and programs
Shared facilities, faculty and staff
Concurrent enrollment
Advisor workshops
Decision days and joint advisement programs
Shared curriculum guides
Presentations in CC classes and before graduation

14. Advocacy Be intentional about transfers
Establish a transfer friendly environment
Develop good policies and procedures
Tell the transfer story

15. Advocacy Initiatives Establish a transfer success committee
Perform a campus audit of the transfer culture
Recommend specific transfer policies or procedures
Develop feedback mechanisms
Create a communication tool to highlight the successes of transfer students

16. Engagement Focus on student engagement Create first-year programming
Establish a role for student leaders
Connect to organizations

17. Engagement Activities
Student organizations for transfers
Leadership and service programs
Peer mentoring roles
Undergraduate research opportunities
Inclusive activities and academic workshops

18. Success Prepare students for transfer Focus on the transition
Emphasize academic success
Measure student learning outcomes

19. Programs and Services Transfer centers
Transfer orientation and welcome week
Parent/family programs
Transfer student success seminars
Peer mentoring and ambassador programs
Financial management workshops
Veterans programs
Transfer fairs for students and their families
On-line transfer guides

20. Recommendations Know your students Know their needs and wants
Establish networks and partnerships
Involve faculty, staff, and students
Learn from other efforts
Implement collaborative programs
Remember transfer students in policy discussions

21. Dr. Mark Allen Poisel July 16, 2013
Today’s College Students: Core Values for Building Transfer Student Success
Dr. Mark Allen Poisel
July 16, 2013