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

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

3. 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

4. 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 1,047 224 74 5,804 Community Colleges 10,603 4,663 6,697 1,206 614 23,783 Independent Not-For- Profit Insts 935 1,971 999 230 71 4,206 Independent For-Profit Insts 48 176 219 197 29 669 Other Insts, incl out of state 3,053 6,685 4,876 3,290 961 18,865 Total 15,767 16,826 13,838 5,147 1,749 53,327

5. Complexity of Transfer Number of StudentsNumber of Transcripts Transcripts from Illinois only 71110 Transcripts from Illinois and another state or military 1023 Transcripts from outside Illinois only 1922 Total100155

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

7. 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.

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

9. Let’s see how it works… www.iTransfer.org/uselect www.transfer.org

10. 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.

11. Advising with u.select U Select an Approach:

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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 email Planning Guides

16. 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 email Planning Guides

17. Statewide Project u.select Illinois Project

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

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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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.

23. 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)

24. u.select Illinois www.iTransfer.org/uselect –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

25. u.select Team (vacant) Visiting Project Coordinator 217-244-0931 Marilyn Marshall Project Director 217-333-3079 mmmurphy@uillinois.edu Warren Osborne Technical Coordinator 217-351-2535 wosborne@parkland.edu