The students of EGL 102 section 007 would like to present the results of their research papers.

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Welcome!

• The students of EGL 102 section 007 would like to
  present the results of their research papers.
• Lets start with Defining the Problem

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Defining the Problem

• The problem is that Oakton has a transfer
  program, but many students are unaware of this.
• The guidance counselors are also very busy.
• Therefore, students are left to their own devices.

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Explaining the Goals

• Our main goal is to design a Transfer Preparation
  Program for Oakton
• We divided the class into 8 research teams (each
  team had 3 students), so that we could learn the
  answers to the following questions

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8 Research Questions

• Do community colleges effectively prepare
  students for transferring?
• Do special relationships between community
  colleges and universities ensure success?
• What is the National Articulation Transfer
  network? Are there inconsistencies in college
  transfer policies?
• What are the social academic adjustment
  experiences of various groups (at risk,
  minorities, ESL, etc)?

• How does university tuition affect transfer
  students?
• What kind of transfer programs do universities
  have?
• What are some common transfer barriers?
• What are the graduation and drop-out rates for
  transfer students? Who tends to graduate? Who
  tends to drop-out?

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Literature ReviewDo community colleges
effectively preparestudents for transferring?

• Byrd, Kathleen L. Defining College Readiness
  from the Inside Out First Generation College
  Students Perspective. Fall 2005 (Speaker
  (Lawrence Bousheh)
• Cameron, Cherylyn. Experiences of Transfer
  Students in a Collaborative Baccalaureate Nursing
  Program. Winter 2005 (Speaker Richard Ramos)
• Pascarella, Ernert T. Its Time We Started Paying
  Attention To Community College Students. Jane
  Feb. 1997 (Speaker George Whitten)

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Literature ReviewDo special relationships
between community colleges and universities
ensure success?

• Bell, Stephen. College Transfer Students A
  Canadian Case. 1998 (Speaker Anna Konieka)
• Kisker, Carrie B., Carducci, Rozana. Community
  College Partnership with Private Sector
  Organizational Contexts and Models for Successful
  Collaboration . 2003 (Speaker Paul Kim)
• MEP and Americas Community Colleges Enhancing
  the partnership. 2005. (Speaker Joseph Anil)

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Literature ReviewWhat is the Natl Articulation
Transfer Network? Are there inconsistencies in
college transfer policies?

• Martinez, Alison P. Minority Education vow to
  scale up transfer Network for All 2006 (Speaker
  Nick Recchia)
• Dyer, Scott. Louisiana Community College System
  may join National Articulation and Transfer
  Network. 2005. (Speaker David Petrovic)
• Day, Dr. Phillip. Closing the Gap Linking
  Students of Color to Greater Opportunities for
  Education Advancement and Success. 2003.
  (Speaker Megan Buckley)
• Hisore, Shannon M. Calculating Student Transfer
  Rates, The Transfer Assembly Project. 1994
  (Speaker Megan Buckley)

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Literature ReviewWhat are the social/academic
adjustmentexperiences of various groups?

• Boswell, Katherine. Bridges or Barriers? 2004
  (David Latoszewski)
• Lee, Wynetta Y. Toward a More Perfect Union
  Reflecting on Trends and Issues for Enhancing the
  Academic Performance of Minority Transfer
  Students. 2001 (Christopher Holbert)
• Laanan, Frankie Santos. Making the Transition
  1996 (Jonathan Meier)

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Literature ReviewHow does university tuition
affect transfer students?

• Wright, W Scott. No Title. 2000 (Speaker Jon
  Hunt)
• Price, Tom. Rising College Costs. 2003
  (Speaker Eddie Hernandez)
• Boggs, R George. Community Colleges in a Perfect
  Storm. 2004 (Speaker Jon Hunt)
• Wyner, Joshua. Education Equity and the Transfer
  Student 2006 (Speaker Jon Limjoco)

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Literature ReviewWhat kind of transfer
programs do universities have?

• Abraham, Andero. The Academic Performance of
  Mississippi Community/Junior College Transfer
  Students at the University of Southern
  Mississippi.1992 (Speaker Al Cesario)
• Middleberg, Rona. Perspectives from the Field
  The Community College Transfer Program.
  1996.(Speaker Mike Wallin)
• California Postsecondary Education Commission.
  Transfer Making It Happen An Evaluation.
  2004 (Joey Kaplan)

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Literature ReviewWhat are some common transfer
barriers?

• Martinez, Alison P., Minority Educators Vow to
  Scale up Transfer Network for ALL. 2006
  (Speaker Melissa Nowakowski)
• Fisher, Marla Jo. California Must Ease Transfer
  Barriers to Universities, Report Says. 2006
  (Speaker Caity Lynch)
• Wyner, Joshua. Educational Equity and the
  Transfer Student (Sarah Babi)

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Literature ReviewWhat are the graduation and
drop-out rates of transfer students?

• Glass, Conrad J. Academic Performance of
  Community College Transfer Students and Native
  Students at a Large University. 2002 (Speaker
  Elizabeth Figueroa)
• Milligan, Dawna, M., Lynne R. Nelson, and Tammy
  J. Rhine. Alleviating Transfer Shock (Speaker
  SeeYee Xiong)
• Castaneda, Cindy. Transfer Rates Among Students
  from Rural, Suburban, and Urban Community
  Colleges What We Know, Dont Know, and Need to
  Know. 2002 (Speaker Nick Harter)

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Our proposed Transfer Preparation Program

• We know that Oakton has many resources to help
  with the transfer process.
• One of the problems is that counselors are
  overtaxed and other resources are unknown to
  students.

• Our thought is that Oaktons Transfer Program
  needs revitalization.
• The Oakton Transfer Program needs to come out of
  the shadows and into a bright and vital light.

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Our proposed Transfer Preparation Program

• First of all OCC must have a visible, viable, and
  measurable Transfer Preparation Program
• The most important characteristics of this
  program are building relationships and making
  connections.

• The Transfer Center Office
• Course Applicability System (Software Program)
• Plenty of Counselors
• Resources Offered
• Networking Encouraged
• Center of Activity

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Our proposed Transfer Preparation Program

• Counselors
• Must be visible
• Must be available
• Must be knowledgeable
• Must be discipline specific
• One-to-One Long Term Relationship
• Faculty may have to be recruited and trained

• Resources
• Workshops (1 hour specialized topic)
• Seminars (2 hours specialized topic)
• Guest Speakers (from various colleges)
• Field Trips to stay in dorms at various colleges

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Our proposed Transfer Preparation Program

• Networking
• Finding other students who are going to same
  university
• Building support groups for students attending
  same university
• Parties and Events to forge relationships

• Newsletter
• Video Series on Transfer Shock
• Video Tours of Colleges

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Our Assessment Tool

• Immediate Assessment
• After each workshop or seminar, we ask
  participants to fill out an evaluation form
• We ask participants to rate the workshop
• We ask for comments
• We ask for advice for future topics

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Our Assessment Tool

• Attendance goals are set each July
• They can be set in order to make sure we are not
  losing money
• We track attendance during the year
• We determine whether or not to cut certain
  programs

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Assessment Tool

• Persistence Study
• Track an experimental and control group
• Experimental group takes special core of transfer
  programs
• Control group does not take this core
• Track and measure which group attains bachelor
  degree

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Thank you!

• Your coming has meant a lot to us!