By Ron Harlan, Ph.D.

FOLLOWFOLLOW

THE YELLOW

THE YELLOW

BRICK ROAD

BRICK ROAD

BUILDING THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD TO TRANSFER SUCCESS:

BUILDING THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD TO TRANSFER SUCCESS:

CREATING SUCCESSFUL PATHWAYS TO PREDICTABLE TRANSFER

CREATING SUCCESSFUL PATHWAYS TO PREDICTABLE TRANSFER

A. Four-year degree = entry into professional job marketA. Four-year degree = entry into professional job market

B. Four-year degree granting institutions need more juniors B. Four-year degree granting institutions need more juniors

C. Why Community Colleges (CCs) are “in the catbird seat”C. Why Community Colleges (CCs) are “in the catbird seat”

D. Many CCs could dramatically increase their transfer success D. Many CCs could dramatically increase their transfer success

DEFINING THE TRANSFER PROCESS

DEFINING THE TRANSFER PROCESS

“If I only

had

a brain”

“If I only

had

a brain”

“If I only

had

courage”

“If I only

had

courage”

“If I only

had

a heart”

“If I only

had

a heart”

The Tin Woodman The Tin Woodman The Cowardly Lion The Cowardly Lion The Scarecrow The Scarecrow Our students Our students

“If I only had a clue……how to get to transfer”

“If I only had a clue……how to get to transfer”

THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD METAPHOR FROM THE

WIZARD OF OZ

THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD METAPHOR FROM THE

WIZARD OF OZ

BUILD THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD

TO TRANSFER AND BECOME WHOLE DURING THE JOURNEY

THE SOLUTIONTHE SOLUTION

BUILDING THE ROAD TO TRANSFER – GETTING

STARTED

A. Do a SWOT analysis

B. What four-year colleges are in the area

C. Where do students want to go to and why?( proximity, prestige, programs, cost)

D. Commuter versus move out options

E. What historical relationships exist?

A. Biology is a great place to start B. Programs that lead to

professional schoolsC. Programs that lead to B.S.

degrees with strong employment (nursing, engineering, teaching credential, architecture, etc.)

IDENTIFY PROGRAM WITH

“TRANSFER POTENTIAL”

IDENTIFY FOUR – YEAR

PARTNERS

A

Find four year schools that “reach out” and adapt

B

Make contact with those charged with CC articulation

Connect your discipline faculty to their discipline faculty

C

A. Create the “transfer core curriculum”

B. Utilize mandatory prerequisitesC. Utilize mandatory sequential

coursesD. Get a “buy in” with counseling –

sell them on your rationaleE. Find your program lead

professor

BUILD A SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER PROGRAM

WHAT MAKES THE PROGRAM WORK

A. Strong Transfer Agreements

B. Program Effect

C. Transfer Momentum

D. Faculty Sponsorship

E. Selling Past Success – student ambassadors

F. Exit and follow-up questionnaires

G. Publicize your success

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VS 3.74 DEN HYG XA

MD 3.71 BIOLOGY XA

SM 3.68 PHARM XA Pharm schls AX

UP 3.6 BIOLOGY XA AX AX

AT 3.59 DEN HYG AX A AX AX XA

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MJ 3.58 BIOLOGY XA AX AX AX AX

EK 3.57 BIOLOGY A* A XA AX

MP 3.47 BIOLOGY AX XA AX AX AX AX

MB 3.44 BIOLOGY A* AX XA AX

SK 3.4 NUTRITION

HE 3.4 BIOLOGY XA AX AX AX AX

PA 3.4 BIOLOGY XA A AX

J J 3.3 BIOLOGY A* XA AX AX

EA 3.3 BIOLOGY XA A AX AX AX AX PEPERDINE A

SG 3.3 PHILOSOPHY XA AX AX AX

NA 3.3 BIOLOGY XA AX AX AX

KJ 3.28 BIOLOGY A* AX XA AX

AY 3.25 BIO CHEM AX XA

KB 3.24 BIOLOGY XA AX AX AX

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MA 3.1 BIOLOGY A AX AX A XA

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ZA 3.02 BIOLOGY A A XA AX AX AX AX A

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SV 2.9 CHEMISTRY CAL POLY XA

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AB 2.9 BIO CHEM XA

PS 2.82 BIOLOGY A AX A AX XA

SPRING 2005

Bolded X = Chosen University

“A” = Applied

“X” = Accepted

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SPRING 2000

Bolded X = Chosen University

“A” = Applied

“X” = Accepted

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SPRING 1998

Bolded X = Chosen University

“A” = Applied

“X” = Accepted

A. Mixing G.E. and majors studentsB. Open access (no prerequisites)

and non-sequential classesC. Lacking a single faculty program

leaderD. Dictating terms to the four-year

schoolsE. Having very few articulated

classesF. Trying to please all four-year

schools

WHAT TENDS NOT TO WORK