NATIONAL TRENDS WITH
TRANSFER STUDENTS
Illinois State Spring Advisor Day 2010
Jess Ray
University Registrar
Association for the Study of Transfer
Students
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Chartered on July 16, 2009
Grew out of the National Institute for the Study of
Transfer Students Conference held at University of
North Texas
Association for the Study of Transfer
Students
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Dedicated to promoting transfer student success,
advancing transfer research, and facilitating
partner ships to enhance transfer
More info & a good section on transfer news can be
found at http://transferinstitute.unt.edu
Transfer & the Reauthorization of
Higher Education Act
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Diploma Mills – An official definition is now in place
as part of the Act. The Dept. of Education will
provide to the public information on its website on
how to know what is a diploma mill and how to
avoid them.
It also continue to work with other agencies on
stopping diploma mills.
Transfer & the Reauthorization of
Higher Education Act
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Dual Enrollment. The act will allow higher education
institutions on July 1, 2010 to admit as regular
students individuals that are dually or concurrently
enrolled in the institution and a secondary school.
My take – Trying to encourage more dual
enrollment and acceptance of transfer credit.
Transfer & the Reauthorization of
Higher Education Act
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We are required under the act to disclose publicly
our transfer policies especially our criteria on
determining the transfer of credit earned at
another institution.
We are required to provide the information on the
web and give the information link to the
Department of Education
Transfer & the Reauthorization of
Higher Education Act
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We are not required to change our policies,
practices or procedures on the transfer of credit.
We are not required to accept transfer credit.
Office of the University Registrar is working on our
compliance requirements.
State Response to Transfer
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A trend is continuing of states trying to enhance
transfer through legislative mandate or programs.
Here are some current examples.
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was announced this January that Oregon has
established a common criteria for general education
courses.
 http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2010
/01/state_boards_smooth_paths_for.html
State Response to Transfer
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Here are some current examples.
 Tennessee
is looking at expanding the mission of
community colleges to cut costs and increase graduation
rates by working on how the public 2 year and 4 year
schools work together.
 http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091229/NEWS
02/912290352/TN+legislators+want+to+expand+mi
ssion+of+community+colleges
State Response to Transfer
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Kentucky is working on a statewide system of
standard courses, requirements and transcripts to
help transfer from 2 year to 4 year schools.
 http://cpe.ky.gov/policies/academicinit/Transfer/
State Response to Transfer
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California Transfer Crisis.
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budget crisis has shown problems with its transfer
pipeline, services and processes.
 Estimated that 1,300 community college students
expecting to transfer to San Jose would need to make
different plans.
 http://chronicle.com/article/At-Transfer-TimeThousands/48678/
State Response to Transfer
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Response to the Crisis
 California
is considering four-year degrees at
community colleges.
 http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_
70eef4fc-f933-5dba-8a9f-2890db1b62a1.html
Recession impacts Transfer
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Community Colleges have seen an increase in
enrollments especially for full time students
 In
December it was reported that nationally the head
count is up 11.4 over last year and 16.9 over two
years.
 Some community colleges have been offering midnight
courses to address the boom and to make full use of
classroom space.
 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/12/18/e
nroll
On the Horizon
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AACRAO Transfer Conference – Feb. 14-16, 2010
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of the Featured Topics will be –
 The
End of Educational Privacy: Surveillance in the Name of
Transfer by Barmak Nassirian
 It is about the creation and expansion of State Longitudinal
Data Systems and privacy concerns and the tracking of
transfer students