Welcome to Transfer Services Orientation

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Transfer Student Success Building Partnerships
Across Departments and Institutions
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Mark Allen Poisel Associate Vice President
Student Development and Enrollment Services
Charlene A. Stinard Director, Transfer and
Transition Services
University of Central Florida
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Why Are We Here?

• Develop strong networks, collaborative
  relationships with community college partners
• Establish strong partnerships within the
  university
• Create effective programming
• Improve retention rates

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Agenda

• The UCF Model
• Collaborative Partnerships
• Programming for Transfer Success
• Summary and Recommendations
• Questions and Answers

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University of Central Florida

• Metropolitan research institution
• 3rd largest university in the nation
• 2nd largest university undergraduate population
• 53,000 students enrolled (45,500 UG)
• Over 8,000 new transfer students annually
• 28 of FL CC students transfer to UCF
• Over 87 of transfers are from Florida
  community colleges

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Vision for Transfer Services
Preparation
TTS
Transition
Progression

• Help students before they arrive
• Work with them during the transition/first
  semester
• Help them graduate by providing a solid foundation

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Resources

• Transfer Peer Mentors
• Transfer Student Counseling Manual
• Monthly counselor e-mail update
• Transfer and Transition Services Web site
• Knight Quest, transfer student guide
• Orientation Survival Guide

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Partnering with Students

• Peer Mentor Program students helping students in
  the transfer process
• Transfer students, paid 10 hours/week
• Preparation pre-admission advising
• Transition significant role in transfer
  orientations, becoming a Knight
• Progression and engagement connecting new
  transfers to the campus community
• Facebook partnering with other students

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Transfer Student Counseling Manual

• CD sent to all community/state college advisors
• Program of study for all majors
• Available online
• http//transfer.sdes.ucf.edu/?pagemanual

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Partnering with Colleges

• Develop advisor ListServ
• Send monthly reports of UCF news and updates
• Sample Counselor Update
• Enlist UCF academic colleges and departments for
  information
• Establish important links for timely
  communications

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TTS Web site

• Resources for prospective students, current
  students, advisors
• News and announcements for students
• Links to other important campus resources
• NACADA award for Excellence in Advising
  Technology
• http//www.transfer.sdes.ucf.edu/

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Publications

• KnightQuest, transfer student guide
• Print publication, used by Admissions in
  recruiting transfer students
• Contains Transfer Tips and Checklist
• Contact information for important offices,
• e-mails, Web sites
• Paper vs. electronic format

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Consortium Partners
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Direct Connect to UCF

• Guarantees admission for graduates
• A.A. or A.S. required
• Four consortium partners
• Embedded UCF advisors
• Pre-admission academic advising
• Early application process
• Apply at 30 hours earned
• DirectConnect to UCF

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Direct Connect Advising

• On-site at partnering community colleges
• Programming in preparation for transfer
• Choosing a major and taking prerequisites
• Academic plans of study
• Pre-admission academic advising
• Two assigned advisors from 30 hours earned
• Programming for transfer success
• TransQuest programming

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COMMENTS? QUESTIONS?
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Collaborative Partnerships
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UCFs Best Collaborator

• Regional consortium partners
• Articulation agreements shared responsibilities
• Internal partners
• Student Development and Enrollment Services
  Reconsidered
• Admissions
• UCF colleges and departments
• Undergraduate Studies
• Academic Advising Council

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Programs with Community Colleges

• Community College Counselor workshops
• Targeted workshops and programs
• Faculty collaboration
• Updates for counselors
• Collaborative programs
• GradTrack with Valencia CC
• Outreach programs for specific majors

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A Model Program

• GradTrack at Valencia Community College
• Community college and university faculty and
  advisors participate
• Students invited at 45 hours earned
• General transfer, admission, financial aid
  information
• Advising by major

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Outreach Programs

• Decision Days at community colleges
• TransQuest
• Transfer TableTalk
• Campus visits and tours for students
• University Quest with SCC
• Major-specific programming

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Targeting Transfer Populations

• Transfer Success Workshop Series
• Programs targeting at-risk students
• By major (business, engineering, etc.)
• By GPA easing transfer shock
• Minority, low income, first generation transfer
  students
• Students with disabilities
• University-wide collaboration in preparation for
  returning veterans

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Articulation

• An effective tool for transfer transition
• Academic elements community college A.S.
  program, university B.A./B.S. program of study
• Admission requirements
• Foreign language admission requirement
• General Education Program
• Graduation requirements
• Agreement terms

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Assessment

• Institutional Effectiveness Plan
• Departmental Performance Reviews
• Satisfaction surveys
• Students
• Advisors
• Faculty
• Student focus groups
• Program evaluations
• Student learning outcomes

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Make Transfer Students the Priority

• Establish a transfer friendly environment
• Develop good policies and procedures
• Build strong relationships
• Exchange data and information
• Involve faculty, staff, and students
• Require orientation and make it applicable
• Create joint programs that prepare students for
  transfer

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Recommendations for Partnerships

• Assess your culture and programs
• Establish strong internal and external
  partnerships
• Arrange joint meetings partner with your
  regional institutions
• Create and implement collaborative programs
• Get students highly involved in the process
• Develop a communications plan

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Summary
The key to success is developing relationships
and working with others
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RESOURCES

• National Resource Center http//www.sc.edu/fye/
• NACADA (Clearinghouse) http//www.nacada.ksu.edu/C
  learinghouse/Links/Transfer.htm
• Creating Bridges Between Institutions, Hatton,
  A., Homer, S. Park, L. (2009)
• From Bridges to Coalitions, Harding, B. (2009)
• Comprehensive state Web resources
• http//www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/e_transfer.aspx
• http//FACTS.org

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RESOURCES

• Jack Kent Cooke Foundation encouraging transfer
  to selective institutions
• AACRAO articulation Web sites for all states
  http//www.aacrao.org/pro_development/transfer.cfm
  
• National Institute for the Study of Transfer
  Students
• http//transferinstitute.unt.edu//
• Association for the Study of Transfer Students

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QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?
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Contact Information
Mark Allen Poiselmpoisel_at_mail.ucf.edu407-823-442
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Charlene A. Stinardcstinard_at_mail.ucf.edu407-823-
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University of Central Florida
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