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Focus on Transfers: Student Mobility within SUNY. Today’s Program:. Share data on student transfer behaviors Provide insight into the SUNY Transfer Initiative Discuss SUNY Transfer-Friendly Policies Demonstrate SUNY Transfer Planning Tools Outline mobility projects Introduce DegreeWorks.
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Focus on Transfers: Student Mobility within SUNY
Today’s Program: • Share data on student transfer behaviors • Provide insight into the SUNY Transfer Initiative • Discuss SUNY Transfer-Friendly Policies • Demonstrate SUNY Transfer Planning Tools • Outline mobility projects • Introduce DegreeWorks
Who are SUNY’s Transfer Students? Definition • Student who has earned college credit post high school graduation. • Student has typically completed three or more college credits after graduating from high school.
Who are SUNY’s Transfer Students? Freshmen vs. New Transfer Students - Fall 2009
Who are SUNY’s Transfer Students? Mobility of Transfer Students 2010 - 2011
Who are SUNY’s Transfer Students? Most Popular Transfer Disciplines
Performance of SUNY’s Transfer Students Graduation Rates 2009 - 2010
Performance of SUNY’s Transfer Students Average Earned Credits Baccalaureate Degree Recipients (2009-2010)
“SUNY is removing barriers in order to allow students to thrive and move, without walls, through the educational pipeline in a shorter period of time…” - Chancellor Zimpher, 2009
History of the Transfer Mobility Initiative 2007: Joint Committee on Transfer and Articulation 2009: Reaffirmation and Strengthening of the State University Board of Trustee Policy on Student Mobility (Transfer and Articulation) 2010: Student Mobility Steering Committee 2010: Amendments to General Education Requirement 2010: Streamlining the State University Board of Trustees Policy on Assessment
SUNY’s Transfer-Friendly Policies • You’re In. • Guaranteed acceptance into one of SUNY’s four-year campuses for New York students transferring directly from a SUNY campus with an AA or AS Degree.
SUNY’s Transfer-Friendly Policies • Credits Count. • Guaranteed junior standing for SUNY students who graduate with an AA or AS degree and transfer to a parallel program at a SUNY four-year campus.
SUNY’s Transfer-Friendly Policies • Common Foundation. • Satisfactorily completed general education requirements at one SUNY campus will meet the same requirement at another SUNY campus.
SUNY’s Transfer-Friendly Policies • You’re on the Right Path. • SUNY Transfer Paths outline core coursework for specified majors that is common to all SUNY campuses offering those majors to maximize credit acceptance.
SUNY’s Transfer-Friendly Policies • We Agree. • Program to program articulation agreements outline transfer requirements from one campus to another.
SUNY’s Transfer Planning Tools • Steps to Transfer • SUNY Transfer Paths • Transfer Course Planner • Course Equivalencies • Campus Resources • Campus Contacts
SUNY’s Transfer Planning Tools Demonstration: www.suny.edu/transfer
INTRODUCING: DEGREEWORKS
What is it? Set of web-based academic advising, degree audit and transfer articulation tools. • Real-time advice and counsel • Interactive “what if” scenario planning • Transparent course and credit transfer • Timely degree certification
Benefits for students • Ability to access effective degree planning services • Ability to access class schedules at multiple SUNY campuses to check for course availability • Ability to gather online records from multiple SUNY campuses to produce a degree audit • Ability to assess degree progress against a program at up to three SUNY campuses for comparison
Benefits for SUNY • Ability to maintain individual campus requirements for general education, the identified mobility programs, and campus course equivalencies, in a common, university-wide degree planning system • Identifies best practices in the definition of degree requirements • Provides opportunities for greater standardization
Timeline for Implementation • First campuses began training in February 2012 • Last campuses will begin training in July 2013 • Anticipated completion date: Thanksgiving 2013 • Campuses “go live” with faculty and students in semesters following the training
DegreeWorks Demonstration
Tips for Transfer Success at SUNY • Choose your major early • Know your required courses and their equivalencies • Work with a transfer advisor • Finish your AA or AS before transferring • Be prepared to appeal credit evaluations, if necessary