Advising Transfer Students*

• Resources Web links for advising transfer students
• Overviews of issues surrounding advising transfer students
  • Advising Transfer Students
  • Creating bridges between institutions: A Brief Look at Advisors’ Roles in Transfer Student Transition
  • College Access and Opportunity Act and Federal Regulation of Transfer Credit Policies
  • Diversity in Transfer
  • Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due via The Chronicle (note: you will need your Chronicle password)
  • Making a Successful Transfer: Transfer Students Expectations and Experiences
  • Muddled Outcome on Transfer of Credits via Inside Higher Education
  • 'Swirling' New College Trend via AZCentral.com
  • Transfer Shock: Why is a Term Forty Years Old Still Relevant?
  • Un-complicating Community College Transfer via Inside Higher Education
• Read More About It! Annotated bibliography of resources dealing with this issue
  

Resources helpful in advising transfer students

• Advising Transfer Students Commission and electronic mailing list
• Campus Practices Serving to Facilitate the Transfer Transition compiled by National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition (University of South Carolina)
• College and university catalogs via the University of Texas
• College and university transfer sites
  • Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer Navigate your post-secondary studies
  • Finger Lakes Community College 5 steps to successful transfer
  • Grand Rapids Community College Transfer Guide
  • James Madison University Madison Transfer resources
  • Pierce College Transfer Tips
  • Pima Community College Transfer course syllabi University Transfer Preparation, Transfer Strategies 210
  • Siena College Accepted Transfer Students
  • University of Central Florida Transfer and Transition Services
  • University of Memphis Center for Academic Transition
  • University of Wisconsin transfer information system
• Community College Clearinghouse Resource links
• Community College Transfers and College Graduation: Whose Choices Matter Most? via Change Magazine
• High School to College Transition links
• Investigating the Experience of Transferring Students via Policy Center for FYE
• Laying Down the Law: First Attempts by the U.S. Government to Regulate Transfer Practices
• Making a Successful Transfer: Transfer Students Expectations and Experiences
• Reports
  • The Road Less Traveled? Students Who Enroll in Multiple Institutions. NCES report
  • Transfer Students: Postsecondary Could Promote More Consistent Consideration of Coursework by Not Basing Determinations on Accreditation. October 2005 GAO report
  • Transfer Access to Elite Colleges and Universities in the United States: Threading the Needle of the American Dream
• Reverse Transfers Many Transfer from a 4-year campus to a 2-year one via the New York Times
• State Articulation Websites via AACRAO Web site
  • Florida Community College Articulation and Transfer guides
• TIPS: Nurturing Transplanted Students British Columbia Power point presentation
• Transfer Articles
  • Articulation Isn’t Enough via Inside Higher Ed
• Transfer Student Orientation
  • Transfer Student Information Eastern Illinois University
  • Transfer Student Information University of Virginia
  • Your Transfer Links Illinois State University
  • Rutgers University ARTSYS
  • University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Titan Transfer
• Transition Research
  • Answers in the Toolbox: Academic Intensity, Attendance Patterns, and Bachelor's Degree Attainment
  • Community College Students: goals, preparation, outcomes
  • Condition of Education 2003 (follow up of 1995-96 freshmen)
    • Transfers from 2 year to 4 year institutions
  • Stanford Bridge Project. Betraying the Dream report. State reports.
  • High School and Beyond longitudinal study of 1980 sophomores until age 30
  • NELS:88 National longitudinal study of 1988 8th graders to age 30
  • Transfer students are less likely to take part in 'high impact' activities via The Chronicle of Higher Education

   

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