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National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition: The New Home for Transfer Champions

Important Announcement: NISTS has joined the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina. This site is now a legacy archive and will eventually be deactivated.

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GUIDES & RESOURCES

Welcome to our resource library!

The literature on transfer continues to grow in depth and breadth, but it can be tough to keep track of all the latest developments. This section of the Knowledge Center includes a curated collection of recent guides and resources by NISTS and others to support your daily work. While most of the materials are transfer-focused, some are related to broader topics that can influence transfer student success.

How-To Guides

Revised CAS Standards for Transfer Student Programs and Services

Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS)

(Mis)Understanding Students: Approaches to Affirming Student Identities

Advising Success Network

Advancing Transfer Through Strategic Planning

National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students

Knowing Our Students

Advising Success Network

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How To Guides

Research & Reports

How Faculty Members Influence Credit Transfer at Four-Year Institutions: Building Knowledge to Improve Transfer Student Outcomes

Faculty members in teaching, research, and administrative positions play a pivotal role in decisions about whether and how credits transfer, yet little research has examined how they approach these decisions or what factors influence their judgment. This mixed-methods study, funded by Ascendium Education Group and conducted by MDRC, addresses this knowledge gap by exploring faculty members’ decision-making within a large and complex transfer landscape...

RESEARCH & REPORTS

Examining the Landscape of Transfer Support: Results from the 2021 National Study of Transfer Student Initiatives

National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition

RESEARCH & REPORTS

Advancing Equity With Effective Community College Transfer Pathways

The Campaign for College Opportunity

RESEARCH & REPORTS

TransferBOOST

Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) & HCM Strategists

RESEARCH & REPORTS

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Research & Reports

Books & Journals

Discredited: Power, Privilege, and Community College Transfer (2024)

Written by: Lauren Schudde (The University of Texas at Austin) Huriya Jabbar (University of Southern California) Excerpt from the...

BOOKS & JOURNALS

Ensuring Success for Students Who Transfer: The Importance of Career and Professional Development (2024)

Heather N. Maietta, Ed.D. and Philip D. Gardner, Ph.D. (Eds.)

BOOKS & JOURNALS

Supporting Transfer Student Success: The Essential Role of College and University Libraries (2021)

Peggy L. Nuhn & Karen F. Kaufmann

BOOKS & JOURNALS

The Transfer Experience (2021)

John N. Gardner, Michael J. Rosenberg, & Andrew K. Koch (Eds.)

BOOKS & JOURNALS

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Books & Journals

OTHER RESOURCES TO EXPLORE

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View previously recorded transfer-focused webinars
hosted by NISTS

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Hear transfer stories from students and professionals at the Transfer Nation Talks Podcast

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Read practical tips and advice from transfer practitioners and thought leaders

National Data Reports

Tracking Transfer: 2016 Entering Cohort

National Student Clearinghouse Research Center

NATIONAL DATA REPORTS

Transfer and Progress: Fall 2023 Report

National Student Clearinghouse Research Center

NATIONAL DATA REPORTS

Measuring “Traditional” and “Non-Traditional” Student Success in IPEDS: Data Insights from the IPEDS

National Center for Education Statistics

NATIONAL DATA REPORTS

COVID-19: Transfer, Mobility, and Progress

National Student Clearinghouse Research Center

NATIONAL DATA REPORTS

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