Transfer initiative, in collaboration with local community colleges, to provide campus visits to prospective transfer students, informational workshops for community college transfer advisors, and targeted support services for transfer students.
Institution:
Loyola Marymount College
Academic Level:
Baccalaureate
Issue Area:
Transfer
Year:
2009
Designation:
SEMILLAS
Key Personnel:
Prisco, Anne
City:
Los Angeles
State:
CA Goal/Mission:
Increase awareness and interest in Loyola Marymount College by Latino students at feeder community colleges.
Strengthen alliances between LMU and feeder community colleges.
Improve academic and social integration as well as graduation rates of the Fall 2009 Cohort entering transfer students.
Outcome:
The Transfer Preview Day provided free transportation which increased the number of prospective students visiting campus to 700. Students were offered the opportunity to participate in an array of educational activities and the chance to interact with currently enrolled students who had previously transferred. Equally important was the outreach effort to transfer advisors, counselors, and coordinators, many of whom had never visited the campus. In addition to the above, LMU offers transfer students through the Adelante Scholars Program an orientation and a one credit course to help them transition to the University. LMU has found that although these students have two years of school prior to transferring, the academic rigor they encounter in their new academic setting is a shock for many of them. Leadership, career development and internship opportunities are also incorporated into the Adelante program.
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