PRESENTED BY:
Lois Bishop, DePaul University
Agnes Szemborski, Harper College
Marilyn Marshall, University of Illinois
Dena Lawrence, u.select Illinois
Harper College – a public community college
DePaul University – a private 4-year university
University of Illinois – a public 4-year university and
u.select grant recipient
u.select Illinois – an IBHE grant-funded initiative to
provide statewide online transfer advising tool
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Context of Transfer in IL
Overview of u.select Illinois
Creation of a Partnership
Using u.select at Harper College
Using u.select at DePaul University
Lessons learned
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Q&A
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“One of the recommendations under Goal 3 of
the Illinois Public Agenda is to strengthen
articulation through stable funding and
expansion of transfer tools such as the Illinois
Articulation Initiative and u.select.”
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Transfer
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iTransfer
IAI
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Launched in 2002
Illinois Participating Institutions
 12 Public Universities
 48 Community Colleges
 7 Independent Institutions
 Various levels of implementation
Licensed by IBHE grant
Supported by ICCB, iTransfer and participating
institutions
Representative Advisory Committee
Facilitates ICCB Articulation Process
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Allows students to access degree requirements
online.
Enables students to run a personalized planning
guide and monitor their progress toward degree
completion.
Provides a common source for transfer
information to counselors, advisors, faculty and
students.
Allows 2- and 4-year counselors to access their
transfer students information in u.select.
u.select is the statewide system in: Arizona, Illinois,
Indiana, Minnesota, Oregon, Ohio and Wisconsin
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“Success” is defined as helping students transfer
and graduate.
Eliminate reliance on static, printed transfer
agreements.
Transfer agreements should involve the multiple
entities impacting students.
Successful transfer programs should benefit all so
they will be supported, promoted and sustained.
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Community Colleges provide students with the
associate degree and the first two years of the
bachelor’s degree.
u.select is used to facilitate transfer advising to
effectively and efficiently assist students in
achieving their educational goals.
Baccalaureate institutions build on that
foundation to provide the students a degree in
their chosen major.
Student is the beneficiary.
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114 years of urban, Catholic, Vincentian tradition
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Today, enrollment of 25,000 students
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10 colleges and 5 campuses in Chicagoland area
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Largest & fastest growing Catholic university in
U.S.
9th largest private not-for-profit university
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DAPP was created to increase the services and
programs for our transfer students by building on
our existing relationships, internally and
externally.
DAPP is a program for students who choose to
begin their DePaul bachelor’s degree at a
community college.
External relationships included Harper College
and u.select.
Multiple offices and departments within DePaul
have active roles in DAPP.
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Comprehensive community college serving
communities in the northwest suburbs of Chicago
16,000 students enrolled
7 Associate Degrees and various Certificates
available
Nearly 50% of students intend to transfer to a
4-year college and complete a baccalaureate degree
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u.select provides access to the most up-to-date
and accurate information for prospective
transfer students
students can see how their courses will
transfer, view remaining degree requirements,
and get the course numbers to fulfill those
remaining requirements
Takes the guesswork out of transfer planning
www.harpercollege.edu/transfer
Harper student working toward DePaul Degree
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IAI incorporated
Tool used by students and advisors
Evaluate coursework for Gen Ed requirements:
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Process coursework from multiple institutions
Against IAI approved courses
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Lois Bishop
LBishop5@depaul.edu
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Dena Lawrence
denalawr@uillinois.edu
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Marilyn Marshall
mmmurphy@uillinois.edu
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Agnes Szemborski aszembor@harpercollege.edu