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Transfer Student Success Dr. Robert Schwartz Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

Welcome Transfer Partners! Thank you for all you do to prepare transfer students for success at Missouri S&T

2008 S&T Transfer Students 358 in 2008 59 average transfer credits 3.146 average transfer GPA 3.143 average Cumulative GPA after 1 or more S&T semesters (barely any change) 27% female, 73% male 12.7% under-represented minority 62% engineering, 38% other majors

Importance of Transfer Students to S&T Impact on meeting enrollment goals Diversity Intellectually talented students and graduates

Impact of Transfer Students on S&T Enrollment Spring 2008 to Fall 2008 358 Spring 2007 to Fall 2007 369 Spring 2006 to Fall 2006 363 Spring 2005 to Fall 2005 383

Transfer Students Percentage of S&T Populations 15% of all undergraduates 6% of all graduate 13% of all students are transfer students

Transfer Students and Diversity Gender, Ethnic, Academic Spring 2004 to Fall 2008 Student Profile 28% Female 13% Under-represented minority 39% Non-Engineering majors

Academic Diversity of Transfer Students at S&T Science, Math, Computing: 15% Business & Economics: 8% Engineering: 61% Arts, Humanities, Education: 12% Undecided & Non-degree: 4%

Distribution of Engineering Majors of Transfer Students The “big four”: Mechanical Engineering (21%), Civil (17%), Electrical (16%) and Freshman Engineering (15%)

Transfer Students Academic Success at S&T Transfer Student Performance at S&T Spring 2004 to Fall 2007 Incoming Transfers

2 + 2 = Success The case for completing AA/AS

Hallmarks of a Successful Transfer Partnership Commitment to guiding students to the program that best enables them to graduate Promotion of transfer options by both freshman and transfer recruitment staff at the receiving school Support for degree completion AA/AS and BA/BS Respect and communication between sending and receiving faculty and staff. Effective and timely review of course updates. Transfer assistance to minimize “transfer shock.”

Missouri S&T Transfer Partnerships and Transfer Assistance Programs More than 30 years of service to students by hundreds of dedicated faculty and staff throughout the country and at S&T. THANK YOU!

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