Transferring Just Became Easier Presented by Marilyn Marshall

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 Public Community From Universities Colleges 1, 12 Public Universities 8 3, 33 1 10, 60 Community Colleges Independent Not-For. Profit Insts Independent For-Profit Insts Other Insts, incl out of state 3 1, 047 3 93 5 4 6, 697 3 999 0 7 6 29 9 961 7 6, 68 18, 865 1, 749 53, 327 3, 29 4, 876 0 16, 82 6 71 19 219 5 23, 783 23 17 3, 05 4 614 6 1, 97 6 74 1, 20 1 48 Total 22 4, 66 15, 76 Total Indpt NFP Out-of. Indpt FP State in IL 5, 14 13, 838 7

Complexity of Transfer Number of Students Number of Transcripts from Illinois only 71 110 Transcripts from Illinois and another state or military 10 23 Transcripts from outside Illinois only 19 22 100 155 Total

Statewide Transfer Tools • Launched in 1998 • Launched in 2002 • Home of Illinois • u. select is a tool to show Articulation Initiative individual students how IAI and other articulation • IAI is a statewide agreements effect them. articulation agreement • www. i. Transfer. org/uselect • www. i. Transfer. org

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 Programs Access links to different student services such as Admissions, Registrations and Financial Aid. View degree requirements by major at participating colleges and universities. Course Equivalencies Transfer Plans Demonstrates how courses transfer from one institution to another. Run a personalized degree report to see how courses will transfer and apply to a specific institution.

U Select an Approach: Advising with u. select

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 Illustrate • Prepared History • Selected Planning Guides • Bookmark Individualize • Create History • Run Planning Guide • Half card step -by-step

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 courses o 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 Guides o My Courses contains courses most commonly taken by students o 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

u. select Illinois Project STATEWIDE 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 Institutions COD CSU De. Paul GSU Loyola National-Louis NEIU UIC West Suburban NIU Bradley ISU WIU UIUC UIS EIU SIUE SIUC Planning Guide, Course Equivalency Guide and Course Listing implemented: • De. Paul 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 Du. Page • 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

Sending Institutions Course listings implemented: Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Black Hawk C. Bradley U. Chicago State U. City Colleges of Chicago College of Du. Page Danville Area CC. De. Paul 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. Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø C. of Lake County Lake Land C. Lewis & Clark CC. Lincoln Land CC. John A. Logan C. Mac. Cormac C. Mc. Henry 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. Ø Ø Ø Ø 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 Ø Ø Ø Ø Black Hawk C. City Colleges of Chicago College of Du. Page 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. i. Transfer. 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 Marshall Project Director 217 -333 -3079 mmmurphy@uillinois. edu Warren Osborne Technical Coordinator 217 -351 -2535 wosborne@parkland. edu