Open AccessAdvising and Orienting Transfer Students
Author(s) -
Heather Robertson,
Sandra Trapani,
Ellen Hopkins
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the journal of college orientation and transition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-4535
pISSN - 1534-2263
DOI - 10.24926/jcotr.v19i1.2786
Subject(s) - academic advising , psychology , transfer (computing) , orientation (vector space) , mathematics education , medical education , point (geometry) , pedagogy , higher education , computer science , medicine , political science , mathematics , parallel computing , law , geometry
A major research university recently redesigned the new transfer student orientation program to provide more one-on-one attention to incoming transfer students. Concurrently, a new student seminar course specifically for transfer students was being implemented. These combined efforts were submitted to the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) as a best practice for new transfer students and have yielded positive results in relation to students' connection to campus and satisfaction with orientation/advising. Additionally, analysis of both grade point average and first semester retention ofstudents enrolled in the new transfer student advising seminar have been higher than those not enrolled. The implementation of these practices, as well as their analyses, begin the discussion upon which further research efforts pertaining to transfer student transitions can be explored.