Creating a Transfer-Friendly Campus Binder

Today, approximately 60% of all undergraduates attend multiple colleges and universities — you and your staff need to be well prepared to meet the specific needs of transfer students to help them achieve success.

• Implement successful strategies to creating a transfer-friendly campus
• Adapt best practices that are working at other colleges and universities
• Understand the concerns of today’s transfers and how to address these issues
• Handle the “transfer shock” that many students may be going through
• Develop a one-stop shop for your transfer students
• Conduct surveys and assessments to gauge your campus climate
• Use institutional data that already exists
  
• Help transfers navigate pathways and make seamless transitions
• Modify ideas from the top transfer institutions
• Ask appropriate questions and seek answers to ensure a transfer-receptive culture
• Respond to this changing demographic in ways that may alter your institutional mission
• Raise awareness among faculty, administrators and support staff about transfer issues
• Significantly improve your transfer services
  
• Take advantage of advising and orientation recommendations
• Encourage faculty discipline dialogues
• Make the most of visits to primary feeder institutions
• Develop strong partnerships among key offices
• Examine the roles of transfer allies
• Explore options for credit, life experience and outreach
• Implement programs, social media initiatives and more to engage transfer students
• Develop an effective transfer action plan

• Transfer case studies
• Fact sheets and worksheets
• Discussion questions
• Q&A with a transfer practitioner
• Additional resource links