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Creating a Campus Conversation about Transfer Student Success: The Transfer Symposium. SUSAN DAVIES – Associate Vice Chancellor, Enrollment Management JANE REX – Director, Office of Transfer Services NEVA SPECHT– Senior Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Creating a Campus
Conversation about Transfer
Student Success:
The Transfer Symposium
SUSAN DAVIES – Associate Vice Chancellor, Enrollment ManagementJANE REX – Director, Office of Transfer ServicesNEVA SPECHT– Senior Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
AACRAO Transfer Conference, July 2014
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Session GoalsCreate a case for institution-wide transfer student initiatives.Understand how to plan a University Transfer Symposium or similar university-wide transfer event.Learn unique ideas to encourage participation at a University Transfer Symposium.
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Appalachian State University
1,115 transfers
2,883 freshmen
17,838 total 3
Our ReputationRanked 3rd in U.S. News and World Report's
"2012 America's Best Colleges
Guide"
The Princeton Review's "Guide
to 322 Green Colleges: 2012
Edition"
Forbes magazine's "Top
Best Buy Colleges 2012"
Top 100: Kiplinger's
Personal Finance magazine's "100 Best Values in
Public Colleges" for 2013
Sierra Magazine's Top
10 "Coolest Schools" for
20124
Our State System
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Our 58 Community College Partners
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Who Are We?Transfer
Enrollment67%CC
31%4 yr
2 %Othe
r7
Who are We?
2% SR
28% JR
59% SO
11% FR8
“Credit Counters”
Transfer (48 hours) Freshmen
(24 hours)1-59 hours (n=790)
AA/AS: 265 (24%)
NCCC 44: 52(5%)
60+ hours (n=325) 9
Serving on Campus
Committees
Student Government Association
General Education
Advisory Team
Associate Deans
Meetings
Transfer Pre-Orientation
Program
Honors Program
Writing Across Institutions
Transfer Advisory Board
Jump Start Appalachian
Transfer Track Fridays
Articulation Agreements
Never let a mandate (SACS) pass you by to
request resources!
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Transfer Symposium
http://transfersymposium.appstate.edu/
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Transfer Symposium Survey Responses:
Awareness to Action
Developing Awareness
• “I gathered some great ideas for enhancing and updating Orientation for transfer students.”• “Coordinated, collaborative, transparent advising is a pivotal concern for ASU and the NC
Community College System, along with the UNC system schools.” • “Jump start is a great program.” • “That transfer students need love too!”• “That we need to provide them housing opportunities”• “The significance of participating with intentionality on this problem/opportunity for us at
ASU.”12
Transfer Symposium Survey Responses:
Awareness to Action
Taking Action
• “Advocate for a transfer services center” • “Continue to think about how to ensure the broadest application of transfer credit within our program
without requiring individual petitions”• “Considering ways to make them eligible for departmental honors participation.”• “Meeting with instructors at the major feeder community colleges to align our introductory courses.”• “Exchange data with other areas analyzing pertinent, actionable data”• “I'm thinking of proposing that we name a transfer coordinator in our department that can go to CCs
and talk to”• “Prospective students and can serve as a contact person for transfers after they come to campus”
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Next year Holistic Transition Workshop or Symposium for 2015
Plans for the FutureRespond to the UNC Strategic Plan: Our Time, Our Future• Analyze gaps to create a seamless transition for transfer students• Improve communication between Appalachian and the community
college partners• Move from “theory to practice” • Include faculty/academic advisors from partner community colleges• Include faculty/professional advisors from AppalachianHost a Transfer Academic Transition and Advising
Workshop – October 2014• A new format to continue the conversation about transfer student
success• Develop more awareness of transfer issues for targeted populations
(i.e., military, community college transfer, early college)• Each track includes a student panel, plus faculty/staff who work with
targeted populations from both the community colleges and Appalachian
• Highlight accomplishments (i.e., funded projects and others) with poster presentations
Host a Transfer Symposium – October 2014
2015: Focus upon a Holistic Transition Workshop or Symposium 14
Active Learning - Worksheet
Existing Partners
Potential Partners
Benefits to your institution
Think about existing partners and the strength of the relationship and
potential partners and the benefit to the institution
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Contact Information
Susan Davies• [email protected], 828-262-
7244Jane Rex• [email protected], 828-262-
7877Neva Specht• [email protected], 828-262-
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