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Improving Reverse Transfer Practices

Improving Reverse Transfer Practices. Amanda Vásquez Juan Vicario The University of Texas at El Paso. About Us…. El Paso, Texas. 80% Hispanic Median Household Income: El Paso County = $34,626 State of Texas = $44,922 United States = $48,451.

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Improving Reverse Transfer Practices

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  1. Improving Reverse Transfer Practices Amanda Vásquez Juan Vicario The University of Texas at El Paso

  2. About Us…

  3. El Paso, Texas • 80% Hispanic • Median Household Income: • El Paso County = $34,626 • State of Texas = $44,922 • United States = $48,451

  4. The majority of our undergraduate students come from El Paso County zip codes with per capita incomes of less than $19,900 per year.

  5. Students from the highest income families are almost 8X as likely as those from the lowest income families to earn a degree by age 24. The College Completion Agenda 2010 Progress Report.

  6. El Paso Community College • 5 Campuses Across El Paso • Ranked #1 in the awarding of associate’s degrees to Hispanics • Ranked #1 in Hispanic student enrollment • Ranked #1 in the number of Hispanic faculty members Source: Hispanic Outlook Magazine – March 2011 Issue

  7. UTEP • Fall 2011 Enrollment: 22,604 • Largest university in the U.S. with a majority Mexican-American student population • Only such university to be classified as a Research University/High by the Carnegie Foundation

  8. Swirling Students At any given time, 70-80% of our currently enrolled students have academic credit from EPCC.

  9. Our Collaborative Partnership El Paso Collaborative for Academic Excellence El Paso College Readiness Consortium Joint Applications for Admission UTEP-EPCC Articulation Committee DOE Title V Grant including “Check Status” Site Early College High School Partnership Transfer Scholarships Joint Academic Advising Financial Aid Consortium Agreements

  10. About Reverse Transfer

  11. What is Reverse Transfer? In a traditional model, credits are transferred from the 2-year school to the 4-year school. In Reverse Transfer, credits are transferred fromUTEP to EPCC so that students may earn their associate’s degrees from EPCC.

  12. More on Reverse Transfer • SACS guidelines require 25% of credits to be earned at the degree awarding institution • Associate’s Degree of 60 credits = 15 SCH minimum at EPCC in order to award a degree

  13. Automating Reverse Transfer

  14. Prior to Automation • Degree plans were evaluated manually • Manually-derived lists were forwarded to EPCC • EPCC would manually verify degree completion • Associate’s degrees were awarded

  15. Automation Overview • Program EPCC degree plans in CAPP • Run a report each semester to identify students who are eligible to receive degrees from EPCC • Send list to EPCC for awarding of degrees

  16. What is CAPP? • CAPP is a degree audit system within the Banner Student Information System • UTEP has used CAPP on an institutional scale since Fall 2009 • Finalist for the Sungard Performance Award in 2010

  17. Articulate degree plans • Create non-visible programs • Encode CAPP areas to reflect UTEP equivalencies • Encode Texas Core requirements • Account for transfer hour limits • Require minimum hours Programming EPCC Plans in CAPP

  18. Running Batch CAPP Reports • Population selection based on most recent EPCC term and hours transferred • Run SMRBCMP for each EPCC program • Run data analysis to identify students who have completed a program • Email list • UC4 automation

  19. Award of the Associate’s Degrees • Exchange of student information permitted due to joint application • The EPCC Registrar receives our list • The EPCC Registrar confirms candidacy • EPCC contacts students • Degrees are awarded

  20. EPCC Degrees Awarded 2006 - 2010

  21. UTEP Bachelor’s Degrees Awarded to Reverse Transfer Students

  22. FAQs

  23. FAQs • Can we require a student to graduate from a two year institution? • What are our EPCC-UTEP Reverse Transfer thresholds, performance standards, and residency issues?

  24. More FAQs • How do we create a sense of value for the EPCC Associate’s Degree? • What are students required to do to receive the Associate’s Degree?

  25. The Future of Reverse Transfer in El Paso

  26. Looking to Other Schools • The State of Texas is interested in a state-wide Reverse Transfer Plan • H.B. 3025 • Questions: • How do we implement this same process for other schools? • What state-wide resources could help?

  27. Spreading to Other States • National needs for minority and economically disadvantaged students • Interest from other state systems including Oregon • Foundation of collaboration is needed. • Technique would work with any SIS/degree audit system

  28. Closing Thoughts • Importance of Reverse Transfer for minority and economically disadvantaged students. • Partnership is based on a strong foundation of collaboration between institutions. • Technique can work with any degree audit system.

  29. For more information… Amanda Vásquez Associate Registrar avasquez6@utep.edu Juan Vicario Associate Director c-jvicario@utep.edu

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