Articulation and Transfer Report 2011 Tennessee Higher Education

Articulation and Transfer Report 2011 Tennessee Higher Education Commission Fall Quarterly Meeting November 10, 2011 Tennessee Higher Education Commission

Background Complete College TN Act • 60 hours fully transferrable and applicable to a bachelor’s degree o 41 hour gen ed core o 19 hours of pre-major instruction • A. A. or A. S. grads meet all university parallel requirements for transfer to a TN public university as a junior 2 Tennessee Higher Education Commission

Background Complete College TN Act • Building transfer tracks has been an 18 month process characterized by: o Faculty participation o Data driven o Institutional mission focus o Completion agenda alignment 3 Tennessee Higher Education Commission

Background Complete College TN Act • Development of transfer pathways • General education transfer • Transcript revisions • “Making the Transfer” conference o www. tntransferpathway. org • Communication efforts 4 Tennessee Higher Education Commission

Fall 2010 transfer activity 1. High student mobility 2. Consistent enrollment share 3. Varied sources 4. Multiple directions 5. Similarity of students 6. Similarity of majors 7. Low efficiency Tennessee Higher Education Commission 5

Student mobility Percent of undergraduates that were new transfer students , Fall 2010 Public 7. 4% TICUA Public & TICUA 7. 1% 6. 2% 6 Tennessee Higher Education Commission

Trends in public transfers Public transfer students as percent of undergraduate enrollment Fall 2010 16, 046 * Fall 2009 15 827 Fall 2008 13 820 Fall 2007 14 205 Fall 2006 14 211 Fall 2005 15 034 * Number of new public transfers Tennessee Higher Education Commission 7, 4% 7, 7% 7, 3% 7, 7% 7, 9% 8, 5% 7

Transfer students by source Fall 2010 8. 4% Tennessee residents 3. 9% Public sector: Out-of-state residents Public sector: Returning TN residents 20. 1% 60. 7% 6. 9% TICUA: Out-of-state institution Unknown N = 20, 590 Tennessee Higher Education Commission 8

Out-of-state public transfers Fall 2010 9 Tennessee Higher Education Commission

Transfers into public institutions Out-of. State 30. 4% Out-of. State 41. 2% TN Publics TN Privates* TN Publics 48. 4% 10. 4% 61. 3% Community Colleges 6, 428 0. 03% Military * TICUA &non-TICUA Tennessee Higher Education Commission 0. 6% TN Privates* 7. 7% Public Universities 9, 618 10

Student transfer patterns Fall 2010 student transfers: 20, 590 Out of State: 5, 569 Military: 61 Within 1, 776 Within Public TICUA: Sector: 237 9, 008 Unknown: 811 1, 408* Public Transfers: 16, 046 Private Transfers: 4, 544 * From all independent institutions, including non-TICUA Tennessee Higher Education Commission Out of State: 1, 720 11

Transfers within public sector % 3. 0 PUBLIC UNIVERSITY 5 COMMUNITY COLLEGE N = 9, 008 % . 4 12 COMMUNITY COLLEGE 15 . 1 % PUBLIC UNIVERSITY % 2. 2 2 12 Tennessee Higher Education Commission

Transfer vs. native students 69, 8% 67, 3% 58, 4% Transfers Natives 41, 6% 32, 7% 20, 2% 7, 6% 2, 4% 73, 3% Traditional 26, 7% Adult 42, 3% Male 57, 7% Female Tennessee Higher Education Commission 71, 0% White 19, 4% 2, 3% 7, 3% Black Hispanic Other 13

Academic majors at transfer 3 356 Liberal Arts & Sciences 2 584 Health-related Majors Unknown 2 356 Business-related Majors 1 649 Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 661 Education Visual and Performing Arts 589 521 Psychology 419 Security and Protective Services 403 14 Tennessee Higher Education Commission

Credit hours at transfer 28, 1% 14, 7% 14, 1% 15, 1% 10, 1% 8, 8% <12 12 -23 24 -35 36 -47 Tennessee Higher Education Commission 48 -59 9, 1% ≥ 60 no ≥ 60 with degree 15

Key findings Transfer students: o New transfers: ≈ 7% of undergraduate enrollment o Similar to non-transfer students • Dominant transfers: o Within Tennessee o Public: Vertical and reciprocal o Out-of-state: Returning Tennesseans o Inefficient • Tennessee Higher Education Commission 16

Articulation and Transfer Report 2011 Download report from: www. tn. gov/thec/Legislative/Reports. html 17 Tennessee Higher Education Commission