Ideas
Additional resources, articles, and op-eds on reforming transfer policy and practice for an improved transfer student experience.
Counting on community college transfers to shape the next generation of Va. talent
By Michael Rao and Paula P. Pando
Op-ed in the Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Just as the pandemic accelerated and exposed many disparities in society, it also magnified problems of access and equity in higher education. The good news: We have seen that solutions are within reach, and all of us have an opportunity to improve economic and cultural prosperity across Virginia.”
Route Fifty: States Can Expand Equitable Higher Learning Opportunities by Fixing the Community College Transfer Pipeline
By Maria Hesse, Cheryl Hyman, Sharon Morrissey and Elena Quiroz-Livanis
Route Fifty
“Four members of the Tackling Transfer National Advisory Board illustrate both the economic and equity imperative that state leaders have to prioritize investments in repairs to the community college transfer pipeline–and offer four concrete strategies to realize this effort.”
The Hill: It’s time to fix the broken higher education transfer pipeline
By William Crowe, Shanna Smith-jaggars and Chris Soto
Op-ed in The Hill
“Three members of the Tackling Transfer National Advisory Board offer four strategies to help higher education leaders and state policymakers repair the transfer student pipeline, ensuring that more of America’s students complete four-year degrees that lead to successful careers.”
Diverse: As Higher Education Faces a “Corona Swirl” of Transfer Students, Higher Education Must Create Clear Pathways to Degrees
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
“As a part of the national Tackling Transfer Initiative, six of its Policy Advisory Board members came together to offer four recommendations that higher education leaders and state policymakers can leverage to ensure a growing number of transfer students are able to attain bachelor’s degrees that lead to successful careers.”
A Letter to Systems: Now More than Ever, We Must Fix Transfer
By Alison Kadlec, founding partner, Sova and Lara Couturier, principal, HCM Strategists
“In the wake of COVID-19, students are facing massive disruption in their learning. Postsecondary experts are predicting unprecedented student movement among schools in the coming months, perhaps even years.”
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