Implementing MiTransfer PathwaysFebruary 20, 2020

Welcome Colleen KibinMACRAO President

Director, Community College RelationsEastern Michigan University

Webinar Agenda

• MiTransfer Pathways Overview

• MACRAO Member Implementation Features• University of Michigan - Dearborn

• Davenport University

• Jackson College

• Eastern Michigan University

• What’s next?

• Discussion & Questions

YES! This webinar is being recorded and will be accessible at https://www.mitransfer.org/technical-resources (select MiTransfer Pathways).

MiTransfer Pathways Overview

Katie GiardelloMiTransfer Project Consultant

Michigan Center for Student Success

MACRAO

MCCA, MASU, MICU

Michigan Transfer Steering Committee (TSC)

TSC Articulation Agreement Team

MiTransfer Pathways Team

Participating Faculty & Staff

MiTransfer Pathways Transfer Liaisons

all MiTransfer Pathways Believers! ☺

First thing’s first …..

MiTransfer PathwaysProject TimelineReview

Michigan Transfer Steering Committee forms

Fall 2016

Gov Snyder approves one-time appropriation to replace MTN and build 12 statewide transfer pathways

July 2017

MiTransfer Pathways Phase 1, 2, 3 faculty meetings

Spring 2018 – Fall 2019

Phase 1 initial agreements signed

December 2019

Phase 2 & 3 initial agreements projected to be signed

May 2020

State appropriation grant ends

September 2020

We’ve come a long way!

Project Objective

MiTransfer Pathways

Phase 1

Biology

Business

Criminal Justice

Psychology

Phase 2

Communication

Computer Science

Mechanical Engineering

Social Work

Phase 3

Art

English

Exercise Science

Public Health

MICHIGAN TRANSFER AGREEMENT (MTA)

MITRANSFER PATHWAYS COURSES (COMMON COURSES)

REMAINING DEGREE REQUIREMENTS (RECOMMENDED/ INSTITUTION-SPECIFIC)

DEFINING ASSOCIATE TO BACHELOR’S DEGREE TRANSFER PATHWAYS

BACHELOR’S DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

ASSOCIATE DEGREE

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

• Required, recommended, optional, and appropriate courses should meet degree requirements.

• Courses in the first- and second- year should typically be completed in the first 60 hours, or first half, of the program.

• Some students will enroll part-time and take longer to complete the courses and associate degree.

• Assume that the student has selected a major.

• These pathways focus on students who intend to earn an associate degree and a bachelor’s degree.

Re-Visiting Underlying MiTransfer Pathways Assumptions

MiTransfer Pathways Institutional Scale of Adoption

• In these first four pathways, each community college has

67 "new" transfer partners.

• In these first four pathways, each university has 112 “new” community college partners.

• Across the four pathways, 8,000+ direct equivalencies are ensured.

Pages 1-11 Cover page, agreement terms, list of participating institutions and appropriate e-signatures

Appendix A Participating community college curriculum worksheets

Appendix B Participating four-year college/university curriculum worksheets

Appendix C Equivalency matrices for MiTransfer Pathways courses

Appendix D Equivalency exceptions for MiTransfer Pathways courses

Understanding the MiTransfer Pathways Agreements

To review the agreements in full and access a comprehensively explanatory video on agreement terms, visit https://www.mitransfer.org/technical-resources and select MiTransfer Pathways.

MiTransfer Pathway Agreement Highlights• Page 1 gives project history and names the MiTransfer Pathways courses selected for each pathway

• Pages 2-3 outline specific terms of the agreement, including effective dates (Dec 6, 2019-June 30, 2022), stipulations on transferability between participating institutions and notes on what the agreement does NOT do, including guarantee admission to any of the pathways

• Page 4 outlines details on maintenance and review of the agreements

• Pages 5+ (not pictured) include a list of all participating institutions and appropriate e-signatures

Appendix A –

Community College Worksheets

• Institution, degree, program

• MTA (including math recommendation)

• MiTransfer Pathways Courses

• Remaining Degree Requirements• Everything else to get the degree

listed at the top

• Includes “remaining hours” that act as free electives and can be selected according to the students intended transfer destination

Appendix B –

Four-Year Institution Worksheets

• Institution, degree, program(s)

• MTA (including math recommendation)

• MiTransfer Pathways Courses

• Remaining Degree Requirements• Suggested “lower-division” coursework

for community college transfer students that will meet bachelor’s degree requirements (not guaranteed to transfer but can be ensured on one-to-one basis)

Appendix C –

Course Equivalency Matrices

• Shows community college to four-year institution transferability among all participating institutions

• Green box = direct equivalent

• Grey box = approved equivalency exceptions (See Appendix D)

Remember: Data is procured directly from the MTN database from data uploaded by “receiving institutions” (four-year college and universities)

Appendix D –

Course Equivalency Exceptions

• Lists approved “exceptions” to course equivalency for MiTransfer Pathways

• Most commonly because a course is not required/offered at a particular institution

• All four-year institutions have developed work-arounds, most applying elective credit in the major

Getting the

MiTransfer word out!

MiTransfer Pathways MACRAO Member

Implementation Features

MACRAO Member Feature Urana Pridemore

Associate Director of AdmissionsUniversity of Michigan - Dearborn

Internal MiTransfer Roll-Out at UM - Dearborn

• Article in Faculty Student Success Publication

• Planned articles in campus publications

• Planned Campus Presentations to Administrators, Faculty, Advisors & Staff

• Website Creation is in the works

• Biggest Question – How to engage students?

Internal MiTransfer Roll-Out at UM - Dearborn

Article in Faculty Student Success Publication

MACRAO Member Feature Chris Marx

University RegistrarDirector of Transfer Articulation

Davenport University

Internal MiTransfer Roll-Out at Davenport University

• Communication to the faculty in each College by the faculty representatives attending the pathway meetings

• Informal communication with admissions and academic advising

• Creation of a MiTransfer Pathway webpage

• In the process of creating a tri-fold brochure that contains information on the MTA, MTN and MiTransfer Pathways

• Formal communication and training in development

MACRAO Member Feature Ashley VanHeest

Director of Transfer and SchedulingJackson College

Updated Transfer Webpage

MiTransfer Pathways Button

Biology Pathway

MACRAO Member Feature Evan Finley

Academic Catalogs & Curriculum DevelopmentEastern Michigan University

Articulation Agreements in the Undergraduate

Catalog @ EMU

Starting with 2019-2020 we are adding each new articulation agreement to our undergraduate catalog.

Including our articulation agreements in our catalog serves two purposes:

1. A source of information for students and advisors

2. Informs our graduation advisors on substitutions, waivers, etc. that are included in each agreement.

MiTransfer Pathways

All four Phase I pathways are built in our 2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog. The 2020-2021 catalog will be available to the public on March 1st.

Under each pathway and remaining degree requirements course, we state:

“or satisfied by these approved courses.”

The “approved courses” link takes students to the MiTransfer.org“Search by Receiving Institution” page for that course.

Next Stepson

www.mitransfer.org Katie Giardello

MiTransfer Project ConsultantMichigan Center for Student Success

New MTN Institutional Profile Page (live now)

New boxes for MiTransfer links!

Entering MiTransfer links in the secure user area to new MTN institutional profile page

If no links are provided by the

institution, nothing is populated in the

MiTransfer section on your profile page.

New “Transfer Your Associate Degree” MTN page going live May 15, 2020!

Summer SummitJune 18-19, 2020

Davenport University

Teaser: Session on MiTransfer!

Summer consultation support on MiTransfer Pathways and MTN enhancements

available upon request.

Save-the-date: Summer Summit

June 18-19, 2020Davenport University

Spoiler alert: Session on MiTransfer expected!

Questions & Discussion