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by Doug Peacock – Academic Services Officer II at Wayne State University Like a pizza, college can be delivered in many different ways. Traditional, cohort, online, extension centers, accelerated, university centers, and hybrids (my favorite). Am I missing any? The expanded formats can be good options for some to complete their degree after transferring. HereContinue reading “What delivery Method is important to you?”

by Kathryn Rawlings – Associate Director New Student Orientation – Wayne State University Congratulations on your admission to Wayne State University! Next stop? Orientation! The most common question (and sometimes statement) I hear from incoming transfer students is “Do I have to go to Orientation? What happens if I don’t?” Answer part 1: Yes youContinue reading “I already know this stuff – do I have to go to Orientation?”

So, you decided to start at a community college. I am currently meeting with a lot of students that are in their first semester at a community college and want to get an early start on transfer planning.  Here are some tips you should know when in your first semester at a community college. IContinue reading “First Semester. First Year. Now what?”

I spend a lot of time thinking “What is attractive to a transfer student?” Why does a transfer student choose one institution over another? Transfer students have already made one smart decision by starting at a community college. And, make no mistake. Colleges still want you! Do you ever see a college representative sitting atContinue reading “We want your Transfer Students!”

It’s back to school time for Transfer Students! Some fall ’19 students are still considering starting at a 2-year or a 4-year. This next blog will be good for you if you are still deciding. I haven’t posted in a while so I wanted to do a quick one on what happens with University SpecificContinue reading “University Specific Gen-Eds”

For many reasons students decide to transfer from a four-year school to another four-year school. This can happen at any point and for any reason. It’s actually easier that many think, but does require some careful thought and planning. The largest issue that arises between transferring four-year schools is that you are trying to transferContinue reading “The 4-Year to 4-year Transfer Student”

The original MACRAO transfer agreement is prepared to sunset this month. Replaced by The Michigan Transfer Agreement (MTA) in 2014. These two worked as simultaneous transfer options until now. Thankfully, now we only one transfer agreement, I have some final thoughts on MACRAO vs. MTA. First off. MACRAO was good. Some students could get byContinue reading “So long MACRAO!”

What is the Wayne Advantage-Macomb program? Is it an articulation? Is it Direct Admit? What’s the advantage? I came to Wayne State in 2016 to coordinate this dual enrollment program between WSU and Macomb Community College. I believe the intentions of this agreement was to be a direct admit program to Wayne State. I doContinue reading “Wayne Advantage-Macomb”

I have been following the #endccstigma campaign on Twitter. I found out about this program when Insidehighered.com wrote an article about the #Endccstigma campaign. Steve Robinson the President of Owens Community College in Toledo Ohio started this program and I have no doubt that it will be successful. It is new and exciting that aContinue reading “#EndCCstigma Article review”

In December I attended the Academic Impressions conference in New Orleans on transfer student retention. I was excited to get to New Orleans and meet some people with similar roles as I. During the conference I picked up that most schools face similar challenges as far as recruitment and retention of transfer student. Community CollegesContinue reading “Academic Impressions Conference in New Orleans”