1. Where Have All the Credits Gone? An Analysis of Credits Lost from Transfer to Bachelor's Degree Completion Dr. Libby Barlow Asst. Vice President Academic Affairs Dr. Susan Moreno Director Institutional Research

2. UH Vital Statistics Carnegie RU/VH 39,820 students Highly diverse 125 bachelors programs 121 masters programs 64 doctoral programs 3 special professional programs Urban

3. UH Transfer Students 30,452 undergraduates 51% transfer 3400 new FTICS every year, 6000 new transfers 60% baccalaureate degrees go to transfers 20% of transfers come from four-year institutions 80% of transfers come from two-year institutions 30% from Houston Community College 21% from Lone Star Community College 9% from San Jacinto Community College 40% other

4. UH Transfer Students Achieving the Dream

5. Achieving the Dream Initial Findings Transfer Retention by First Year GPA

6. Achieving the Dream Initial Findings

7. Students who transfer as upperclassmen are 5 times more likely to remain at UH for a year than students transferring as underclassmen. Students who are not freshmen at the time of transfer are 11 times more likely to remain at UH for a year than students who transfer as freshmen. 90% of the students who earned 19 or more hours the first year came back for the second year.

8. Achieving the Dream Focus Groups AtD Initiatives –Transfer advising (TAP) –Advising and Registration for Transfers (ART) –Transfer credit processing

9. Credit to Degree Analysis Credit to Degree Analysis Where do all the credits go?

10. Credit to Degree Analysis Achieving the Dream Question: How many transfer courses do not count toward the degree, and why not?

11. Credit to Degree Analysis Achieving the Dream

12. Credit to Degree Analysis Achieving the Dream Degree UH Courses Transfer Courses

13. Data Sources Achieving the Dream Student Record Data Degree Progress Report (DPR)

14. Data Sources Student Record Data Degree Progress Report – Tool used to look at how courses are used toward the degree Transfer InstitutionsCourses and SCH Transferred Transfer and UH GPACourse Grades Student Majors

15. Notes – Transfer Cohorts – Student v. Courses v. Semester Credit Hours – Point in Time for DPR Data Sources

16. Credit to Degree Analysis Achieving the Dream Degree UH Courses SCH attempted at transfer institution: 66

17. Credit to Degree Analysis Achieving the Dream Degree UH Courses SCH earned at transfer institution: 58

18. Credit to Degree Analysis Achieving the Dream Credits attempted but not earned: – Developmental courses – Withdrawals – Failing grades

19. Credit to Degree Analysis Achieving the Dream Degree UH Courses SCH earned at transfer institution: 58

20. Credit to Degree Analysis Achieving the Dream Degree UH Courses SCH earned at transfer institution: 58

21. Credit to Degree Analysis Achieving the Dream Degree UH Courses SCH earned that transfer to UH: 54

22. 58 Credits Earned at Transfer Institutions Achieving the Dream

23. Credit to Degree Analysis Degree UH Courses SCH earned that transfer to UH: 54

24. Credit to Degree Analysis Achieving the Dream Degree UH Courses SCH transferred to UH: 54

25. 54 Credits Transferred to UH Achieving the Dream

26. 54 Credits Transferred to UH Achieving the Dream

27. 54 Credits Transferred to UH Achieving the Dream

28. 54 Credits Transferred to UH Achieving the Dream

29. Courses Applying to Degree Varies by College Achieving the Dream

30. Courses Not Applied to the Degree Achieving the Dream SubjectCatalogTitleApply_totalNot_Apply_Total PEBELECPE Basic Instr Prog Elec 36534 GENRELECGeneral Elec 128509 TECHELECTech Elec 6435 BIOL1161Intro To Biol Science Lab 64311 SOC1300Introduction To Sociology 174289 PSYC1300Intro To Psychology 455208 CHEM1111Fundamentals of Chm Lab 75181 MATHELECMath Elec 35176 COMMELECComm Elec 108162 MATH1310College Algebra 596161 HIST1377The U S To 1877 757158 MUSIELECMusic Elec 199156 DISC2373Intro To Computers & Mis 143153 GEOL1130Physical Geology Lab 19150 HIST1378The U S Since 1877 736121 POLS1336US and Texas Const/Politics 728121 SPAN1501Elementary Spanish I 55120 ENGL1304First Year Writing II 785119 BIOL1162Intro To Biol Science Lab 47116

31. Courses Not Applied to the Degree Achieving the Dream SubjectCatalogTitleApply_total Not_Apply_Total PEBELECPE Basic Instr Prog Elec 36 534 GENRELECGeneral Elec 128 509 TECHELECTech Elec 6 435 BIOL1161Intro To Biol Science Lab 64 311 SOC1300Introduction To Sociology 174 289 PSYC1300Intro To Psychology 455 208 CHEM1111Fundamentals of Chm Lab 75 181 MATHELECMath Elec 35 176 COMMELECComm Elec 108 162 MATH1310College Algebra 596 161 HIST1377The U S To 1877 757 158 MUSIELECMusic Elec 199 156 DISC2373Intro To Computers & Mis 143 153 GEOL1130Physical Geology Lab 19 150 HIST1378The U S Since 1877 736 121 POLS1336US and Texas Const/Politics 728 121 SPAN1501Elementary Spanish I 55 120 ENGL1304First Year Writing II 785 119 BIOL1162Intro To Biol Science Lab 47 116

32. Courses Not Applied to the Degree Achieving the Dream SubjectCatalogTitleApply_totalNot_Apply_Total PEBELECPE Basic Instr Prog Elec 36534 GENRELECGeneral Elec 128509 TECHELECTech Elec 6435 BIOL1161Intro To Biol Science Lab 64311 SOC1300Introduction To Sociology 174289 PSYC1300Intro To Psychology 455208 CHEM1111Fundamentals of Chm Lab 75181 MATHELECMath Elec 35176 COMMELECComm Elec 108162 MATH1310College Algebra 596161 HIST1377The U S To 1877 757158 MUSIELECMusic Elec 199156 DISC2373Intro To Computers & Mis 143153 GEOL1130Physical Geology Lab 19150 HIST1378The U S Since 1877 736121 POLS1336US and Texas Const/Politics 728121 SPAN1501Elementary Spanish I 55120 ENGL1304First Year Writing II 785119 BIOL1162Intro To Biol Science Lab 47116

33. Courses Not Applied to the Degree Achieving the Dream SubjectCatalogTitleApply_totalNot_Apply_Total PEBELECPE Basic Instr Prog Elec 36534 GENRELECGeneral Elec 128509 TECHELECTech Elec 6435 BIOL1161Intro To Biol Science Lab 64311 SOC1300Introduction To Sociology 174289 PSYC1300Intro To Psychology 455208 CHEM1111Fundamentals of Chm Lab 75181 MATHELECMath Elec 35176 COMMELECComm Elec 108162 MATH1310College Algebra 596161 HIST1377The U S To 1877 757158 MUSIELECMusic Elec 199156 DISC2373Intro To Computers & Mis 143153 GEOL1130Physical Geology Lab 19150 HIST1378The U S Since 1877 736121 POLS1336US and Texas Const/Politics 728121 SPAN1501Elementary Spanish I 55120 ENGL1304First Year Writing II 785119 BIOL1162Intro To Biol Science Lab 47116

34. Courses Not Applied to the Degree Achieving the Dream SubjectCatalogTitleApply_totalNot_Apply_Total PEBELECPE Basic Instr Prog Elec 36534 GENRELECGeneral Elec 128509 TECHELECTech Elec 6435 BIOL1161Intro To Biol Science Lab 64311 SOC1300Introduction To Sociology 174289 PSYC1300Intro To Psychology 455208 CHEM1111Fundamentals of Chm Lab 75181 MATHELECMath Elec 35176 COMMELECComm Elec 108162 MATH1310College Algebra 596161 HIST1377The U S To 1877 757158 MUSIELECMusic Elec 199156 DISC2373Intro To Computers & Mis 143153 GEOL1130Physical Geology Lab 19150 HIST1378The U S Since 1877 736121 POLS1336US and Texas Const/Politics 728121 SPAN1501Elementary Spanish I 55120 ENGL1304First Year Writing II 785119 BIOL1162Intro To Biol Science Lab 47116

35. Courses Not Applied to the Degree Achieving the Dream SubjectCatalogTitleApply_totalNot_Apply_Total PEBELECPE Basic Instr Prog Elec 36534 GENRELECGeneral Elec 128509 TECHELECTech Elec 6435 BIOL1161Intro To Biol Science Lab 64311 SOC1300Introduction To Sociology 174289 PSYC1300Intro To Psychology 455208 CHEM1111Fundamentals of Chm Lab 75181 MATHELECMath Elec 35176 COMMELECComm Elec 108162 MATH1310College Algebra 596161 HIST1377The U S To 1877 757158 MUSIELECMusic Elec 199156 DISC2373Intro To Computers & Mis 143153 GEOL1130Physical Geology Lab 19150 HIST1378The U S Since 1877 736121 POLS1336US and Texas Const/Politics 728121 SPAN1501Elementary Spanish I 55120 ENGL1304First Year Writing II 785119 BIOL1162Intro To Biol Science Lab 47116

36. Courses Not Applied to the Degree Achieving the Dream SubjectCatalogTitleApply_totalNot_Apply_Total PEBELECPE Basic Instr Prog Elec 36534 GENRELECGeneral Elec 128509 TECHELECTech Elec 6435 BIOL1161Intro To Biol Science Lab 64311 SOC1300Introduction To Sociology 174289 PSYC1300Intro To Psychology 455208 CHEM1111Fundamentals of Chm Lab 75181 MATHELECMath Elec 35176 COMMELECComm Elec 108162 MATH1310College Algebra 596161 HIST1377The U S To 1877 757158 MUSIELECMusic Elec 199156 DISC2373Intro To Computers & Mis 143153 GEOL1130Physical Geology Lab 19150 HIST1378The U S Since 1877 736121 POLS1336US and Texas Const/Politics 728121 SPAN1501Elementary Spanish I 55120 ENGL1304First Year Writing II 785119 BIOL1162Intro To Biol Science Lab 47116

37. Conclusions and Next Steps Achieving the Dream Awareness Work with Community Colleges – Social Science courses – Degree plans On Campus – TAP advisors – Complete implementation of degree audit tools – Adjust timeline for second evaluation

38. semoreno@uh.edu ebarlow@uh.edu