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Welcome To the Transfer Student Task Force Presentation. Committee Members: Dan Burcham Ronnie Higgs Shari Chamberlain Reinhold Hill Mary Cline Rob Larson Greg Denny Tracy Powers Julie Doyle John Shafer Mike Ennis Luzia Tartari. Pat Klarecki, Co-Chair Debi Whitman, Co-Chair.
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Welcome To the Transfer Student Task Force Presentation Committee Members: Dan Burcham Ronnie Higgs Shari Chamberlain Reinhold Hill Mary Cline Rob Larson Greg Denny Tracy Powers Julie Doyle John Shafer Mike Ennis Luzia Tartari Pat Klarecki, Co-Chair Debi Whitman, Co-Chair
Goals • Identify internal resources and unique strengths • Recommend strategic initiatives • Identify multiple small wins
Subcommittees • Process • Recruiting/Marketing
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)
Survey Results • Transfer Equivalency Report • Academic Advising • Program Offerings • Decision Point
Seamless, one-stop entry-transfer students? • Internal Resources and Unique Strengths • Transfer Equivalencies Report
Strategic Initiatives • Hire a transfer coordinator • Provide additional staff • Buy Course Applicability System (CAS)
Small Wins • Transcripts • Clarify MACRAO stamp policy • Standardize processes • Link on home page
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
Strategic Initiatives • Online catalog • Curriculum sheets • Transfer guides • Coordinators • Systems development • Off-campus
Regulations/requirements that prevent us from being transfer friendly? • Internal Resources and Unique Strengths • Department flexibility • Dual enrollment
Strategic Initiatives • ACT • Leveraging • Examine/Establish policies
Small Wins + Ferris
Focus resources to recruit transfer students? • Internal Resources and Unique Strengths • Ferris’ use of transfer guides • Visual presence at community colleges
Strategic Initiatives • Utilize technology to target transfer market • Communication • Annual meeting • Institutional research • Marketing materials
Incentives to attract transfer students to campus? • Internal Resources and Unique Strengths • Programs • Residency Requirements
Small wins • Transfer scholarships • Transfer orientation
Task Force Members Staff who submitted data and other input Staff who participated in focus groups Thank You