Featured Sessions

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Virtual Conference​

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Opening and Plenary Panel  Video

#TransferTalks: The National Transfer Reset

• Cristen Moore, Director, HCM Strategists

• ​Ron Anderson, Senior Vice Chancellor, Academic and Student Affairs, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

• Cheryl Hyman, Vice Provost, Arizona State University

• Elena Quiroz-Livanis, Assistant Commissioner for Academic Policy & Student Success and Chief of Staff, Massachusetts Department of Higher Education

• Shanna Smith-Jaggars, Assistant Vice Provost, Research, Ohio State University

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Plenary Session: Ask the Experts  Video

• Michael Rosenberg, Director of Planning, Penn State University

• Dimpal Jain, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, California State University, Northridge

• Kimberly Lowry, Director of Leadership Initiatives, The Aspen Institute's College Excellence Program

• Rose Rojas, District Director for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation, Maricopa Community Colleges

• Stephanie Foote, Associate Vice President, Teaching, Learning, and Evidence-Based Practices, John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education

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Wellness Plenary Session  Video

Plenary Lecture: Protecting Your Peace: Keys to Personal and Organizational Wellness

• Dominique Hammonds, Associate Professor and Program Director, Appalachian State University

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St. Louis Conference

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Opening Session & Keynote  Video

Transfer: Higher Education’s Massive Equity Issue

• Janet Marling, Executive Director, NISTS

• Bill Pink, President, Grand Rapids Community College

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Action-Focused Plenary Workshop  Video

• Alfred R. Herrera - Relationships & Equity, Assistant Vice Provost and Director, Center for Community College Partnerships

• Rose Rojas - Partnerships & Pathways, District Director for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation

• Leslie Daugherty - Elevating Learner Voice, Senior Education Designer

• Mark Allen Poisel - Advocating for Change, Academic Program Coordinator, LEAD Scholars Academy

     

Plenary Panel  Video

Transfer Reflections and Teachable Moments with the National Transfer Student Ambassadors​

• Christy Johnson, Assistant Director of Admissions, Spelman College

• Jan Paolo Canteras, University of California, Irvine

• Herman Luis Chavez, University of California, Los Angeles

• Noelle Dana, Notre Dame University

• Katherine Ibsen, University of California, Berkeley 

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Concurrent, On-Demand, and Poster Sessions

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Credits and Degree Pathways

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• What's COVID Got to Do With Students’ Transfer Trajectories?  Slides

• Student Pathway Trends within the University System of Georgia  Slides  Video

• Outmigration No More: Building Transfer Pathways to Meet the Needs of Rural Students and Communities  Handouts  Slides

• Student Views: Information for Decreasing the Leaks in the Transfer Pipeline  Slides

• A Case Study on Creating Sustainable Transfer Pathways between a Public and Private Institution  Slides

• Exploring Credit Loss for Engineering Transfer Students  Slides

• Leveraging Technology in the Next Generation of Advisement, Seamless Transfer and Baccalaureate Completion  Slides

• Building Momentum with Applied Degree Pathways  Slides

• Inspire Equivalency Confidence Using TES + Transferology  

• Three Secrets to a Successful Pathway Program  Slides

• Founding an Undergraduate Social Science Research Lab at a Community College  Slides

• Sunshine! Using System Data to Help Students, Advisors, and Leaders Improve Credit Articulation  Slides  Video

• A Successful Criminal Justice Learning Community for Transfer Students  Slides

• Longitudinal Analysis of Transfer Students  Slides

• Collaborative Partnerships to Create Degree Pathways  Slides

• The Student Value Proposition: Engaging Transfer Students with Degree Pathways to Limit Friction  Handout  Slides  Video

Diversity and Inclusion

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• Aiming for Equity in Curricular Alignment Across Transfer in the Urban Academy  Slides  

• Transfer Trends at Common App  Slides  

• Designing a Mixed-Method Transfer Student Climate Study Using an Assets-based Framework  Slides  Video  

• Humanizing Data Through Student Stories  Video   

• Transfer Agents Unite: Identifying, Creating, and Promoting a Transfer Receptive Culture (TRC)  Handouts  Slides  

• Equitable Program Design as a Catalyst for Retention  Slides  

• Transfer Housing: Expanding Access to Underrepresented Transfer Students  Slides 

• Promoting Access, Equity, and Completion through the Programming of Equity-Focused Transfer University Tours  Slides  Video  

• Preparing Students for Transfer through Summer Research Opportunities  Slides  

• Improving The Perceptions of Transfers as Researchers  Slides  

• Paid Virtual Summer Research Experience: Belonging and Science Identity  Slides  

• Developing Community Interventions within PWI Advising Departments for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Transfer Students  Slides  

• Engage Your Faculty & Staff for One Moment: How a Virtual Ally Training Creates a Movement of Transfer Advocates  Handout  Slides 

• Best Practices for Battling Enrollment Declines  

Leadership and Strategic Planning

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• The Four Disciplines of Execution (4DX) Model: A Case of Transfer Student Retention and Success  Slides  

• History has its Eyes on Transfer: National Perspectives on Current and Emerging Transfer Reform Efforts  Slides 

• Retaining Transfer Students: Rationale, Barriers, Strategies & Outcomes  Slides 

• Creating a Transfer Student Advocate Training for Staff & Faculty  Handout  Slides  Video  

• Re-imagining Transfer Recruitment: Individualized Advising as a Tool to Growing Enrollment  Slides  Video 

• A Place at the Table: Incorporating Transfer into Strategic Planning  Slides 

• Fireside Chat with Patricia Parker: From Moment to Movement in Transfer Virginia  Handouts    

• Better Data, Better Decisions, Better Outcomes:  Leveraging the Clearinghouse’s Postsecondary Data Partnership for Supporting Transfer Student Success  

• Academic Advising: Using Data to Support the Journey of Transfer Students  Slides  

Matriculation Trends and Issues

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• Examining the Landscape of Transfer Programs: Results from the National Survey of Transfer Student Initiatives  Slides 

• The PLA Revolution To Support Transfer Students  Slides  

• Destination, Integration, and Navigation: How Students Engage in Transfer Mobility in North Carolina  Slides  

• Rethinking Transfer in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond with Interstate Passport®    

• Growing Transfer in the Humanities: Characteristics and Motivations Associated With Major Choice  Slides 

• A Place for Me? African American Transfer Student Involvement at a PWI in the Midwest  Slides  

• Analyzing the Curriculum to Support Transfer Student Success  Handouts  Video   

• Leveraging Technology to Recruit Transfer Students  Slides  

• Using Student Voice to Enhance Transfer  Handout  Slides  

• Strategies Behind Re-recruiting Sidelined Students to Maximize Enrollment Success  Slides  Video  

 

Partnerships and Collaboration

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• Collaboration in Transfer Student Work:  A Cultural Historical Activity Theory Study at Four-Year Institutions  Slides  Video  

• How ASU Hopes to Solve the National Transfer Problem: A Model for Success  Slides 

• Telling the Student Story: Digital Media Kits, Video and More that Get the Word Out about Student Experience  Slides  Video

• Transfer Partners: Perspectives from Transition to Graduation  Slides 

• Bridging Silos: Pre-Transfer Advising Partnerships to Promote Transfer Student Success  Handout  Slides 

• Engaging University Faculty as Transfer Equity Advocates: The Role of Applied Learning Experiences  Slides  Video

• Aiming for Completion: Creating a Transfer Sending Culture at the Community College  Slides  Video

• Listening to the Voices of our Transfer Students in order to Create Meaningful Initiatives  Slides  Video

• Why Campus Collaboration is Crucial in Advocating for Transfer Students  Slides 

• Building Transfer Bridges: From Community College to a Selective Research University  Slides 

• Developing an Equity-Informed Strategic Plan for Community College Transfer Partnerships  Handout  Slides  Video

• The Power of Cross-Consortia Collaboration  Slides 

• Reengineering Transfer: Developing Systematic Independent College Transfer Pathways in New England  Slides 

• Train on Your Own Schedule: Developing a College-Wide On-Demand Transfer Training Program  Slides 

• An Early College Journey to Higher Education Success  

• A Phenomenological Study: Understanding the Barriers of Rural Texas Community College Transfer Students  Slides 

• An International Lens on How to Service the Transfer Student Population  Slides 

• Creating & Maximizing a Transfer Student Advisory Council  Slides 

• A Statewide Transfer Agreement: The Illinois Articulation Initiative & Its Partner Institutions  Slides 

• Transformational Leadership, Advocacy & Building Institutional Knowledge with Transfer Student Leaders  

• It Takes All Of Us: Creating Cross-Campus Partnerships to Support Transfer Student Success  Slides 

• Barriers to Transfer: Articulation Agreements and Partnerships Pave the Way for an Inclusive Transfer Culture  Slides 

• Transfer Virginia Portal:  Your Credits, Your Degree, Your Move  Slides 

 

Special Populations

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• Getting to Know You: Best Practices for Serving Performing Arts Transfer Students  Slides

• Protecting Transfers from Bias and Other Risk Factors in the University Setting  Slides

• Improve Retention by Increasing Sense of Belonging in First-generation, Non-traditional Transfer Students  Slides

Transition Programs and Services

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• Engaging the Some College No Degree Population: What is Working and Lessons Learned  Slides  

• In A Virtual World, Let’s Get Social! Using Social Media to Recruit Transfer Students  Slides 

• Paving the Way for Greatness: Helping Transfer Students Thrive in a University Honors Program  Slides 

• Making Transfer Students a Priority Through Development of a Transfer-Focused Committee and FYE Course  Handout  Slides  Video  

• Developing a Sustainable Peer Mentoring Structure for Today’s Transfer Students  Slides  Video  

• Transferring Credits and Accommodations  Slides  

• Virtual “Hokie” Corner: Expanded Transfer Connections and Engagement in the Time of COVID  Slides  Video  

• The Transfer Student Center at Both Ends of the Bridge  Slides  

• Walk in Their Shoes, Hurt Your Feet: Understand What Prevents Students from Successfully Transferring to University  Slides  Video  

• Cultivating Transfer Student Confidence and Success Through e-Portfolios  Slides  

• Building Transfer Students’ Leadership and Transition with U-LEAD  Handouts  Slides 

• It’s Not Rocket Science: Developing Cohort Programs to Foster Success for STEM Transfer Students  Slides