Advising at UC:
It takes a Village
May 2016
“Transfer students are an important part
of UC’s strength, as well as an engine of
social mobility for our state. Put simply, if
we are serving transfers well, then we are
serving the state well.”
— UC President Janet Napolitano
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During this session we will show how pre and post
enrollment Advising help students make the Connection to the
campus of their choice; learn of Opportunities that transfer
preparation programs/strategies inspire as wells as introduce a
student to the UC Village!
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Transfer Partnerships
Transfer Partnership
Transfer is a partnership between high schools, community
colleges, and UCs
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All UC campuses participate in partnerships to raise student
achievement and close achievement gaps
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UC partnerships represent a system wide commitment to work
intensively with public schools and colleges that serve the most
disadvantaged students
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Student academic preparation outreach
Objective
Ensure that students, especially lowincome, educationally disadvantaged
students prepare for and enroll in college
Strategies
Provide academic preparation, enrichment,
college advising, college and financial aid
application support to students
Programs
Transfer Preparation EAOP MESA
The Puente Project UC TAP
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Transfer Preparation Programs
and Initiatives
Advising
• Assistance with course selection
• Educational planning/course sequencing
• Transfer admission contracts (TAG)
• Monitoring student academic progress
GOAL: Increase the
academic preparation and
transfer success of California
community college students,
particularly first-generation,
low-income and
underrepresented students
Peer Mentoring
• Connect with students who have successfully transferred to a 4-year
college to provide guidance and motivation
• Tutoring
Early Identification Initiative
• Identify transfer-bound high school students from K-12 academic prep
programs and local high schools
• Link to UC transfer services at community colleges
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Transfer Resources
CCC Transfer Centers
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UC Representative
Visits
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Workshops
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Organize Transfer
College Fairs
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Provide information
on Financial Aid,
Scholarships
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Schedule UC
campus tours
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ASSIST
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An online tool that
delineates articulated •
courses between
individual UC
campuses and all
CCC campuses
UC Transfer
Admission Planner
Online tool used to
chart and track
progress toward
meeting minimum
UC admission
requirements
“Quality Advising goes beyond helping students to
understand degree requirements and develop
academic plans; it also involves helping students
integrate the various curricular and co-curricular
aspects of their educational experience into a
meaningful whole to achieve their academic, career,
and life goals.” (Smith and Allen, 2006)
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Making the Connection
Transfers: Making the Connection
UC Research finds that
programmatic strategies are
important to improve first
year retention and raise
graduation rates across UC.
Hence, emphasis has been
placed on developing and
sustaining programs that
focus on appropriate
guidance that provides early
and frequent access to
advisers. This increases
student persistence, success
and time-to-degree
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Transfers: Making the Connection
Orientation Program and Courses:
Meetings with advisors and selecting
courses, to learn early on, how to
navigate their academic career and
graduate on time
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Summer Bridge
Student and Parent
Orientation
New Student Courses
and seminars
New Student Cohorts
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Transfers: Making the Connection
Encouraging full-time
enrollment: Enforcing the
expectation of cumulative
academic progress
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Academic
progress
requirements
Course plan
reviews
Fifteen to Finish
The Opportunity: Advising Strategies
Increasing Student-Advisor Contact
Mandatory
• Early connection to tools for success
Personal
• Personal assignments
Easily Accessible
• Residence Hall Advising
• Increased/ Evening Hours
Relatable
• Peer advisors
• Focus on academic and personal experiences
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Technology and Tools
“Advisors generally learn about a student’s issues when it is too late
to intervene…”
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Identifying Advising Interventions Early
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Degree Audit Systems-used by every UC campus
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Data Analytics and Early Alert Systems- flag requirement
issues early
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Advising in the UC Village!
Leveraging Technology to Reach
Students
• Social Media — Use of Facebook
& other platforms to advertise
workshops, advising resources
• Online degree maps — three &
four-year mapping for most majors
• Virtual Advising — secure 24/7
access with ongoing record
• Adaptive Learning — help in
mastering challenging coursework
to reduce time to degree
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Improving Coordination of Services
• Advising Coordinator Role
• Advising Council or Committee
• Integration of services
• Case Management Systems
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Professionalization of
Advising Staff
• Training based on the 5 essential knowledge
areas defined by the National Academic
Advising Association (NACADA):
• Conceptual
• Informational
• Relational
• Technical
• Personal
• Professional Conferences
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Resources in the Village
UC Summer Programs
CAMPUS
WEBSITE
Berkeley
http://slc.berkeley.edu/summer-bridge
Davis
http://success.ucdavis.edu/programs/eop/
Irvine
http://sss.uci.edu/summer-bridge/
UCLA
http://orientation.ucla.edu/csi.htm
Merced
http://summersession.ucmerced.edu/
Riverside
http://summer.ucr.edu
San Diego
http://summer.ucsd.edu/enroll/application.html
Santa Barbara
http://summer.ucsb.edu
Santa Cruz
http://summer.ucsc.edu
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UC enrolls almost 1,300
military veterans
All UC campuses have veteran centers providing a
more comprehensive array of services to support
veteran students in their educational goals.
http://universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/newwebsite-helps-military-veterans-access-uc-education
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UC Berkeley
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UCLA
UC Merced
UC Riverside
UC San Diego
UC Santa
Barbara
• UC Santa Cruz
UC Orientation Programs
CAMPUS
REFERENCE
WEBSITE
Berkeley
CAL Student Orientation
http://calso.berkeley.edu/c-transfer.html
Davis
Transfer Orientation
http://orientation.ucdavis.edu/transfer/
Irvine
Transfer Success
http://www.orientation.uci.edu/
UCLA
New Student Orientation
http://www.newstudents.ucla.edu/transfer
students.htm
Merced
Student Orientation
http://orientation.ucmerced.edu/
Riverside
Highlander Orientation
http://orientation.ucr.edu/
San Diego
Transfer Orientation
http://admissions.ucsd.edu/next/admitted
.html
Santa Barbara
Transfer Orientation
http://www.sa.ucsb.edu/orientation/Transf
erOrientation
Santa Cruz
Transfer Orientation
http://orientation.ucsc.edu
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Student-Parent and Reentry Student
Nontraditional Students:
• Coming to University of California later in life has
clear benefits and possible complications. Reentry Student Program provides resources and a
community for students who deferred their goal of
earning a college degree.
• Student-Parent and/or Re-entry students
(undergraduates 25 and older) bring their life and
professional experiences along with ethnic, and
cultural diversity that powerfully and positively
impact the UC learning environment.
*Scholarship Opportunities
*Social Events & Activities
*Academic Advising
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UC’s Commitment
Increasing the number of transfers and supporting their
academic success
• UC transfer students graduate at high rates.
• Over half of transfer students graduate in 2
years
• 85% or more graduate within 4 years,
above the 60% national 4-year graduation
rate
• Transfer students come from diverse
backgrounds.
• In fall 2014, half of new UC transfer
students were first generation students and
over a third came from homes where
English was not the primary language.
http://www.ucop.edu/institutional-research-academicplanning
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Transfer students
graduate at slightly
higher rates than
freshmen.
• recent cohort - 87%
of transfer students
graduated within 4
years and 84% of
freshmen
graduated within 6
years.
Preparation is Key for
successful navigation of a university
career and graduating on-time
Advising
Retention
Recruitment
Graduation
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Questions?