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91Ӱ�� is hosting a virtual symposium featuring a national expert on college and university transfer on Friday, Oct. 23 during National Transfer Student Week.

Improving the transfer student experience is critical since roughly half of all students start at a community college. It is also an equity issue with higher income students more likely to earn a bachelor’s degree after they transferred as compared to lower income students.

The discussion includes the initiatives to support transfer students in the Tulsa region through the Tulsa Transfer Collaborative and on-going work of seven higher ed institutions. In Tulsa County, there are significant racial equity gaps in educational attainment at the bachelor’s or higher level.

“91Ӱ�� is the largest provider of transfer students in the state of Oklahoma. Through the work of the Tulsa Transfer Project, we along with our higher ed partners are working to increase the number of students earning bachelor’s degrees in the area,” said Dr. Leigh Goodson, 91Ӱ�� president & CEO.

The Tulsa Transfer Collaborative wants to ensure students do not lose credit hours - which equals time and money – when transferring. Members include Langston University, NSU, OSU-Tulsa, OU-Tulsa, 91Ӱ�� and TU with support from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and the Gardner Institute.

While each of the seven institutions is working to improve the process, 91Ӱ�� has launched an interactive 91Ӱ��2University portal to make bachelor’s degrees in the Tulsa region more visible. This new site provides transfer planning resources and a search tool that highlights bachelor’s degrees available in the Tulsa Region. The search allows exploration of 91Ӱ�� programs and transfer maps that provide a semester by semester guide from associate to bachelor’s degree.

In addition to the local initiatives, Dr. Janet Marling, Executive Director of the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students will provide an overview of the national landscape of university transfer, including barriers facing students and successful efforts to improve outcomes.

“With more than 1 million transfer students enrolled nationally, we applaud these efforts to address the equity gap and make the transfer experience more efficient and student-centric. We anticipate the pandemic will generate more student movement, or swirl, so the national dialogue needs to remain focused on how to best to support students as we see more shifts in higher education,” said Marling.

The virtual Tulsa Transfer Collaborative Fall Symposium is open to anyone who would like to attend with identical sessions in the morning and afternoon of Friday, Oct. 23. Email the 91Ӱ�� University Transfer Office at 91Ӱ��2University@Tulsacc.edu for more information and registration link.