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Reverse Transfer- the Missouri Way

Reverse Transfer- the Missouri Way. RTC Statewide Kickoff March 7, 2014 Jefferson City, Missouri. The View of RT at 30,000 ft. Purpose of Reverse Transfer History Policy / MDHE Campus Units Involved Pilot efforts and fall and spring feedback Implementation Communication

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Reverse Transfer- the Missouri Way

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  1. Reverse Transfer- the Missouri Way RTC Statewide Kickoff March 7, 2014 Jefferson City, Missouri

  2. The View of RT at30,000 ft. • Purpose of Reverse Transfer • History • Policy/ MDHE • Campus Units Involved • Pilot efforts and fall and spring feedback • Implementation • Communication • Data & Evaluation • National Student Clearinghouse

  3. The View at 10,000 FT.. • Implementation steps ( 2 - and 4 year) • Student Advising and Course Substitutions (2 yr) • Information Technology (2- and 4 year) • Communication Strategies In the “weeds” • Detailed review of Institutional Section of Implementation Manual

  4. Definition Reverse transfer provides an opportunity for students who transfer to a four-year institution before completing an associate’s degree to transfer credits earned at the four-year institution back to the two-year institution to meet the requirements of the associate’s degree and receive the credential.

  5. Purpose The purpose of the Missouri Reverse Transfer Initiative is to increase the number of Missouri residents with an associate’s degree “Credit When it’s Due”

  6. History • House Bill 1042 was passed in 2012 • Among the provisions mandated • Reverse transfer policy • Core Transfer Library • College Readiness • MDHE received a grant from the Lumina Foundation to help develop scale-up approaches for MRT

  7. History Steering Committee for MRT • Broad representation from two-year and four-year institutions • Members from public and independent institutions • Functional areas represented: • Admissions • Registrars • Information technology • Institutional research • Chief Academic Officers

  8. History • Steering Committee Work Groups • Policy • Communications • Data, assessment, and evaluation • Implementation • Information technology and operations • Work groups augmented with additional members as needed

  9. History • Work groups met starting in October 2012 • Data Summit held in February 2013 • IT Strategies and Implementation workshop in March 2013 • Institutional Readiness assessment conducted in spring 2013

  10. History • Two policy review cycles with Chief Academic Officers in early- and mid-2013 • All work groups, except policy, merged into an implementation group in summer 2013 • Pilot institution pairs identified in summer 2013 • Policy approved at the September 2013 CBHE meeting

  11. History • Pilot institutions met via videoconference in October 2013 as a project kick-off • Work groups continue to meet as needed • Feedback Reports submitted for fall and spring • Ramp up training and activity for statewide launch fall 2014 • And here we are today…

  12. Pilot Effort Pilot institution pairs

  13. Additional Resources for Technology Support • Sub-grant applications for implementation assistance were submitted and reviewed by the award committee fall 2013 • Awards were announced in February 2014

  14. Resources Missouri Department of Higher Education http://www.dhe.mo.gov/ReverseTransfer.php Lumina FoundationCredit When it’s Due: Recognizing the Value of Quality Associate Degreeshttp://www.luminafoundation.org/grants/credit_when_due.html Office of Community College Research and Leadershiphttp://occrl.illinois.edu/projects/cwid/

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