MIDWest ACAC Conference

May 20-22, 2012 – Dubuque, Iowa

Megan L. Stull – Clarke University

Jodi Kremer – Northeast Iowa Community College

Recruit, Transition, & Retain:

How to develop a successful transfer plan

…..and they are coming in large numbers …

National shift

Who are your transfer students? How well do

you know them?

Collect data on your transfer student

population

The transfer students are coming! The transfer students are coming!

Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

Take advantage of community colleges in your back yard.

Use Faculty to assist in your recruitment efforts.

Identify their preferred way to be recruited - specificity is key.

Scholarships & Financial Aid Articulation Agreements

BUILD RELATIONSHIPS!!!!

Recruitment of Transfer Students

Welcome! We’re so glad you are here! … at

least we are acting like we are….now

what…??

Culture Change

Are inaccurate assumptions about transfer

students influencing the culture of your

campus?

Transition of Transfer Students

2-year transfers aren’t prepared for academic

rigor of 4-year schools.

Transfer students don’t know what they want –

can’t figure it out.

They’ve already been in college and don’t need

help transitioning to their new environment.

Transfer students are not ‘our’ students.

Transfer students are more likely to leave – again.

Assumptions

Student Life/Student Activities Office & their

role in transition

Engaged & involved student = happy student

Orientation Programs specifically for transfer

students

Words of wisdom?

Transition of Transfer Students

Assessment

Satisfaction guaranteed …?

Recruit and transition your students well -

and retention should improve!

Questions? Comments?

Retain your transfer students

Please feel free to contact us –

megan.stull@clarke.edu

kremerj9@nicc.edu

Iowa ACAC website will have links to power

point presentations from the conference:

http://www.iowaacac.org/conferences

Thank you!!