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Enhancing Student Mobility: An Overview of SUNY's Transfer Initiatives and Resources

Explore the State University of New York (SUNY)'s commitment to facilitating student mobility through transfer-friendly policies and innovative tools. This program shares insights into student transfer behaviors, highlights the SUNY Transfer Initiative, discusses policies promoting seamless transfers, and showcases DegreeWorks, a web-based advising tool for effective degree planning. Gain a comprehensive understanding of the mobility projects, the profiles of transfer students, and the strategies for successful transitions within the SUNY system, ensuring that all students can thrive in their educational pathways.

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Enhancing Student Mobility: An Overview of SUNY's Transfer Initiatives and Resources

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  1. Focus on Transfers: Student Mobility within SUNY

  2. Today’s Program: • Share data on student transfer behaviors • Provide insight into the SUNY Transfer Initiative • Discuss SUNY Transfer-Friendly Policies • Demonstrate SUNY Transfer Planning Tools • Outline mobility projects • Introduce DegreeWorks

  3. Context

  4. Who are SUNY’s Transfer Students? Definition • Student who has earned college credit post high school graduation. • Student has typically completed three or more college credits after graduating from high school.

  5. Who are SUNY’s Transfer Students? Freshmen vs. New Transfer Students - Fall 2009

  6. Who are SUNY’s Transfer Students?

  7. Who are SUNY’s Transfer Students? Mobility of Transfer Students 2010 - 2011

  8. Who are SUNY’s Transfer Students? Most Popular Transfer Disciplines

  9. Performance of SUNY’s Transfer Students Graduation Rates 2009 - 2010

  10. Performance of SUNY’s Transfer Students Average Earned Credits Baccalaureate Degree Recipients (2009-2010)

  11. TRANSFER MOBILITY INITIATIVE

  12. “SUNY is removing barriers in order to allow students to thrive and move, without walls, through the educational pipeline in a shorter period of time…” - Chancellor Zimpher, 2009

  13. History of the Transfer Mobility Initiative 2007: Joint Committee on Transfer and Articulation 2009: Reaffirmation and Strengthening of the State University Board of Trustee Policy on Student Mobility (Transfer and Articulation) 2010: Student Mobility Steering Committee 2010: Amendments to General Education Requirement 2010: Streamlining the State University Board of Trustees Policy on Assessment

  14. SUNY’s Transfer-Friendly Policies • You’re In. • Guaranteed acceptance into one of SUNY’s four-year campuses for New York students transferring directly from a SUNY campus with an AA or AS Degree.

  15. SUNY’s Transfer-Friendly Policies • Credits Count. • Guaranteed junior standing for SUNY students who graduate with an AA or AS degree and transfer to a parallel program at a SUNY four-year campus.

  16. SUNY’s Transfer-Friendly Policies • Common Foundation. • Satisfactorily completed general education requirements at one SUNY campus will meet the same requirement at another SUNY campus.

  17. SUNY’s Transfer-Friendly Policies • You’re on the Right Path. • SUNY Transfer Paths outline core coursework for specified majors that is common to all SUNY campuses offering those majors to maximize credit acceptance.

  18. SUNY’s Transfer-Friendly Policies • We Agree. • Program to program articulation agreements outline transfer requirements from one campus to another.

  19. SUNY’s Transfer Planning Tools • Steps to Transfer • SUNY Transfer Paths • Transfer Course Planner • Course Equivalencies • Campus Resources • Campus Contacts

  20. SUNY’s Transfer Planning Tools Demonstration: www.suny.edu/transfer

  21. Mobility Projects

  22. INTRODUCING: DEGREEWORKS

  23. What is it? Set of web-based academic advising, degree audit and transfer articulation tools. • Real-time advice and counsel • Interactive “what if” scenario planning • Transparent course and credit transfer • Timely degree certification

  24. Benefits for students • Ability to access effective degree planning services • Ability to access class schedules at multiple SUNY campuses to check for course availability • Ability to gather online records from multiple SUNY campuses to produce a degree audit • Ability to assess degree progress against a program at up to three SUNY campuses for comparison

  25. Benefits for SUNY • Ability to maintain individual campus requirements for general education, the identified mobility programs, and campus course equivalencies, in a common, university-wide degree planning system • Identifies best practices in the definition of degree requirements • Provides opportunities for greater standardization

  26. Timeline for Implementation • First campuses began training in February 2012 • Last campuses will begin training in July 2013 • Anticipated completion date: Thanksgiving 2013 • Campuses “go live” with faculty and students in semesters following the training

  27. DegreeWorks Demonstration

  28. Tips for Transfer Success at SUNY • Choose your major early • Know your required courses and their equivalencies • Work with a transfer advisor • Finish your AA or AS before transferring • Be prepared to appeal credit evaluations, if necessary

  29. Questions?

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