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

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

4. 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

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

6. Impact of Transfer Students on S&T Enrollment
Spring 2008 to Fall
Spring 2007 to Fall
Spring 2006 to Fall
Spring 2005 to Fall

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

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

9. 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%

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

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

12. 2 + 2 = Success The case for completing AA/AS

13. 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.”

14. 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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