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Report: Colleges face disincentives to improving transfer

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: A number of financial disincentives deter colleges from smoothly transferring students’ course credits from one institution to another, according to a new white paper by the Beyond Transfer Policy Advisory Board (PAB), a group of experts dedicated to transforming the transfer process.

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Demarginalizing Transfer

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Beyond Transfer In 2022, we published 50 blog posts in “ Beyond Transfer ,” elevating the insights of researchers, practitioners, equity-minded reformers and students themselves. Historically, transfer has been treated as a side issue—something that affects a siloed group of students.

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Tug-of-War: Bought vs. Brought Credit

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Beyond Transfer In 2021, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education reported that two out of three learners—we call them learners, not students, to dispel the image of the 18- to 22-year-old residential student—come to college with previous credit or prior learning. 2005 ) around what can or cannot be counted.