NATIONAL TRENDS WITH TRANSFER STUDENTS Illinois State Spring Advisor Day 2010 Jess Ray University Registrar

Association for the Study of Transfer Students  Chartered on July 16, 2009  Grew out of the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students Conference held at University of North Texas

Association for the Study of Transfer Students  Dedicated to promoting transfer student success, advancing transfer research, and facilitating partner ships to enhance transfer  More info & a good section on transfer news can be found at

Transfer & the Reauthorization of Higher Education Act  Diploma Mills – An official definition is now in place as part of the Act. The Dept. of Education will provide to the public information on its website on how to know what is a diploma mill and how to avoid them.  It also continue to work with other agencies on stopping diploma mills.

Transfer & the Reauthorization of Higher Education Act  Dual Enrollment. The act will allow higher education institutions on July 1, 2010 to admit as regular students individuals that are dually or concurrently enrolled in the institution and a secondary school.  My take – Trying to encourage more dual enrollment and acceptance of transfer credit.

Transfer & the Reauthorization of Higher Education Act  We are required under the act to disclose publicly our transfer policies especially our criteria on determining the transfer of credit earned at another institution.  We are required to provide the information on the web and give the information link to the Department of Education

Transfer & the Reauthorization of Higher Education Act  We are not required to change our policies, practices or procedures on the transfer of credit.  We are not required to accept transfer credit.  Office of the University Registrar is working on our compliance requirements.

State Response to Transfer  A trend is continuing of states trying to enhance transfer through legislative mandate or programs.  Here are some current examples.  It was announced this January that Oregon has established a common criteria for general education courses.  /01/state_boards_smooth_paths_for.html /01/state_boards_smooth_paths_for.html

State Response to Transfer  Here are some current examples.  Tennessee is looking at expanding the mission of community colleges to cut costs and increase graduation rates by working on how the public 2 year and 4 year schools work together.  02/ /TN+legislators+want+to+expand+mi ssion+of+community+colleges 02/ /TN+legislators+want+to+expand+mi ssion+of+community+colleges

State Response to Transfer  Kentucky is working on a statewide system of standard courses, requirements and transcripts to help transfer from 2 year to 4 year schools. 

State Response to Transfer  California Transfer Crisis.  The budget crisis has shown problems with its transfer pipeline, services and processes.  Estimated that 1,300 community college students expecting to transfer to San Jose would need to make different plans.  Thousands/48678/ Thousands/48678/

State Response to Transfer  Response to the Crisis  California is considering four-year degrees at community colleges.  70eef4fc-f933-5dba-8a9f-2890db1b62a1.html 70eef4fc-f933-5dba-8a9f-2890db1b62a1.html

Recession impacts Transfer  Community Colleges have seen an increase in enrollments especially for full time students  In December it was reported that nationally the head count is up 11.4 over last year and 16.9 over two years.  Some community colleges have been offering midnight courses to address the boom and to make full use of classroom space.  nroll

On the Horizon  AACRAO Transfer Conference – Feb , 2010  One of the Featured Topics will be – The End of Educational Privacy: Surveillance in the Name of Transfer by Barmak Nassirian It is about the creation and expansion of State Longitudinal Data Systems and privacy concerns and the tracking of transfer students