Transfer Student Task Force

Committee Members:Dan Burcham Ronnie HiggsShari Chamberlain Reinhold HillMary Cline Rob LarsonGreg Denny Tracy PowersJulie Doyle John Shafer Mike Ennis Luzia Tartari

WelcomeTo the Transfer Student Task Force Presentation

Pat Klarecki, Co-ChairDebi Whitman, Co-Chair

Transfer Student Task Force

Goals• Identify internal resources

and unique strengths

• Recommend strategic initiatives

• Identify multiple small wins

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Subcommittees• Process

• Recruiting/Marketing

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Data Gathering• National Web Seminar

• Focus Groups- 2 sessions - campus wide- 1 session - community colleges

- Muskegon CC, GRCC, WMU

• Survey- 04F, 05W, and 05F (05F schedule)

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Survey Results• Transfer Equivalency Report

• Academic Advising

• Program Offerings

• Decision Point

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Seamless, one-stop entry-transfer students?• Internal Resources and Unique Strengths

- Transfer Equivalencies Report

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Strategic Initiatives• Hire a transfer coordinator

• Provide additional staff

• Buy Course Applicability System (CAS)

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Small Wins• Transcripts

• Clarify MACRAO stamp policy

• Standardize processes

• Link on home page

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Preventing Roadblocks - Transfer Students?

• Internal Resources and Unique Strengths- Pro-activity of FSU

- MACRAO stamp agreements

- Program structure

- Transfer equivalencies/college catalog

- Recent improvements to Web page

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Strategic Initiatives• Online catalog

• Curriculum sheets

• Transfer guides

• Coordinators

• Systems development

• Off-campus

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Regulations/requirements that prevent us from being transfer friendly?

• Internal Resources and Unique Strengths- Department flexibility

- Dual enrollment

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Strategic Initiatives• ACT

• Leveraging

• Examine/Establish policies

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Small Wins

+ Ferris

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Focus resources to recruit transfer students?

• Internal Resources and Unique Strengths- Ferris’ use of transfer guides - Visual presence at community colleges

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Strategic Initiatives• Utilize technology to target transfer market

• Communication

• Annual meeting

• Institutional research

• Marketing materials

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Incentives to attract transfer students to campus?

• Internal Resources and Unique Strengths

- Programs

- Residency Requirements

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Small wins• Transfer scholarships

• Transfer orientation

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Task Force MembersStaff who submitted data and other input

Staff who participated in focus groups