TRANSFER MENTOR

PROGRAM

BRENNA YOUNGEnrollment Services Specialist & Transfer Mentor, Jefferson College

BROOKE LOCKHART Assistant Director for Transfer & Transfer Mentor, Southeast Missouri State

1 Year Later

BACKGROUND

Statistics

• Students lost an estimated 43 percent of college credits when they transferred or an estimated 13 credits on average. This can be a whole semester of college based on a student taking four courses. (National Student Clearinghouse Research Center Tracking Report, 2017)

How are we responding to the concerns of a transfer student?

• Student focus group

• Visited community colleges

Senate Bill 997

• Transfer initiatives

• Concurrent enrollment

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

What is the Transfer Mentor Program?

• Why it was developed

Who is allowed to participate?

• Student type

• Participating community colleges

• Restrictions

How does a student enroll in the program?

• http://www.semo.edu/transfermentor

PROGRAM

BENEFITS

Advising and Pathways

• Trained transfer advisors

• Concurrent enrollment

• Missouri Reverse Transfer

• Degree Works

Connection/network

• Relationships

• Campus events

Applicable fees waived

DATA

When did the program begin?

How many are in the program?

• Concurrently enrolled

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