Transferring Just Became Easier

Presented by:Marilyn Marshall,

u.select Illinois Project Director

Agenda

• Statewide Transfer Tools• What is u.select• Live Demonstration• u.select Illinois Project• Join u.select

Prevalence of Transfer

• 60% of graduates earn transfer credit

• 50,000 students transfer among Illinois institutions each fall

• More minority students attend Illinois community colleges

Transfer in Illinois

Summary Fall 2007 Transfers in Illinois

To Illinois Institutions

FromPublic

UniversitiesCommunity

Colleges Indpt NFP Indpt FPOut-of-

State in IL Total

Public Universities

1,128

3,331 1,047

224 74

5,804

Community Colleges

10,603

4,663 6,697 1,206 614 23,783

Independent Not-For-Profit Insts

935

1,971 999

230 71

4,206

Independent For-Profit Insts

48

176 219

197 29

669

Other Insts, incl out of state

3,053

6,685 4,876

3,290 961 18,865

Total

15,767

16,826 13,838 5,147 1,749 53,327

Complexity of Transfer

Number of Students Number of Transcripts

Transcripts from Illinois only

71 110

Transcripts from Illinois and another state or military

10 23

Transcripts from outside Illinois only

19 22

Total 100 155

Statewide Transfer Tools

• Launched in 1998• Home of Illinois

Articulation Initiative• IAI is a statewide

articulation agreement• www.iTransfer.org

• Launched in 2002• u.select is a tool to show

individual students how IAI and other articulation agreements effect them.

• www.iTransfer.org/uselect

What is u.select?

• Online transfer advising tool• Allows students and advisors to:

– Explore colleges and universities– Obtain degree requirements– View course-by-course equivalencies– Monitor progress towards a degree

• It is a free service funded by the Illinois Board of Higher Education and supported by the participating institutions.

Who can use u.select?

• Students– Community College, University and High School

• Advisors– Academic, Transfer, Admissions and Faculty

• School Administrators• Parents

Let’s see how it works…

www.iTransfer.org/uselect

www.transfer.org

u.select Tools

Schools

Course Equivalencies

Demonstrates how courses transfer from one institution to another.

Programs

Transfer Plans

View degree requirements by major at participating colleges and universities.

Access links to different student services such as Admissions, Registrations and Financial Aid.

Run a personalized degree report to see how courses will transfer and apply to a specific institution.

Advising with u.select

U Select an Approach:

How to utilize u.select during an advising session

• As a Guest– Access to basic u.select tools: Schools,

Programs and Course Equivalency

• As a User – it’s free!– Access to all u.select tools– Save your profile, courses, plans

U Select Your Approach

Introduce• Guest• CEGs• Bookmark

Individualize• Create

History• Run Planning

Guide• Half card

step-by-step

Illustrate• Prepared

History• Selected

Planning Guides

• Bookmark

U Select Your Approach: Introduce

• Amount of advising time with students– 15-30 minutes

• Approach– Use Guest Login– Show Course Equivalency Guides– Look at Programs

o Focus on specific major courseso Print Planning Guide if requested

o Distribute bookmark for student to create account

U Select Your Approach: Illustrate

• Amount of advising time with students- 30 minutes

• Approach- Login to personal account or general advisor

account

- Explain Planning Guideso My Courses contains courses most commonly taken by

studentso Planning Guides are completed for most popular programs

and institutions

- Print or email Planning Guides

U Select Your Approach: Individualize

• Amount of advising time with students- 30 minutes

• Approach- Login to general advisor account or create

student’s account - Load My Courses

- Walk students through Add a Course- Utilize Request Import

- Create a Planning Guide with student

- Print or email Planning Guides

Statewide Project

u.select Illinois Project

u.select nationwide

u.select is a statewide system in: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Oregon and Ohio

u.select Illinois Project

• Illinois Participating Institutions– 12 Public Universities– 48 Community Colleges– 7 Independent Institutions

Participation

• Course Listing– Annual submission– Eight fields

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

• Course Equivalencies and URLs– Requires online transfer articulation tables

• Transfer Plans – Requires automated degree audit system

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

• Request Import

Receiving InstitutionsPlanning Guide, Course Equivalency Guide and Course Listing implemented:

• DePaul University

• Eastern Illinois University

• Illinois State University

• Southern Illinois U at Edwardsville (Fall 2009)

• U of Illinois at Chicago

• U of Illinois at Springfield

• U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• West Suburban College of Nursing

• Western Illinois University

Course Equivalency Guide and Course Listing implemented:

• Bradley U

• College Of DuPage

• National-Louis U

• Northern Illinois U

• Southern Illinois U at Carbondale

Course Equivalency Guide or Course Listing implemented:

• Chicago State U

• Governors State U (implementation Spring 2010)

• Loyola U Chicago

• Northeastern Illinois

NIU

Bradley

ISU

UIUC

EIU

UIS

WIU

SIUE

SIUC

CODCSU

DePaulGSU

LoyolaNational-Louis

NEIUUIC

West Suburban

Sending InstitutionsCourse listings implemented:

Black Hawk C. Bradley U. Chicago State U. City Colleges of Chicago College of DuPage Danville Area CC. DePaul U. Eastern Illinois U. Elgin CC. W. R. Harper C. Heartland CC. Highland CC. Illinois Central C. Illinois Eastern CCs. Illinois State U. Illinois Valley CC. Joliet JC. Kankakee CC. Kaskaskia C. Kishwaukee C.

C. of Lake County Lake Land C. Lewis & Clark CC. Lincoln Land CC. John A. Logan C. MacCormac C. McHenry CC. Moraine Valley CC. Morton C. National-Louis U. Northern Illinois U. Oakton CC. Parkland C. Prairie State C. Rend Lake C. Richland CC. Rock Valley C. Saint Augustine C. Carl Sandburg C.

Sauk Valley CC. Shawnee CC. South Suburban C. Southeastern Illinois C. Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale Southern Illinois U. at Edwardsville Southwestern Illinois C. Spoon River C. Triton C. U. of Illinois at Chicago U. of Illinois at Springfield U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Waubonsee CC. West Suburban C. of Nursing Western Illinois U. John Wood CC.

Request Import Institutions

Black Hawk C. City Colleges of Chicago College of DuPage Elgin CC. Illinois Eastern CC Lewis & Clark Lincoln Land CC (Fall 2009) Moraine Valley CC Carl Sandburg C Sauk Valley CC U of Illinois Chicago (Fall 2009) U of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Fall 2009) U of Illinois Springfield (Fall 2009)

u.select Illinois

• www.iTransfer.org/uselect– Explore colleges and universities– Obtain degree requirements– View course-by-course equivalencies– Monitor progress towards a degree

• U Select Your Approach– Introduce, illustrate, individualize

• Participation– Course listing, CEG, Transfer Plan, RI

u.select Team

(vacant)Visiting Project Coordinator 217-244-0931

Marilyn MarshallProject Director

217-333-3079mmmurphy@uillinois.edu

Warren OsborneTechnical Coordinator217-351-2535wosborne@parkland.edu