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One e Siz ize e Does es NOT T Fit it All: ll: Tailoring oring Advi visi sing ng Efforts ts to to Transf sfer r Stu tude dents nts Welcome! Please write your institutions name on the FRONT and BACK of the printed cardstock.


  1. One e Siz ize e Does es NOT T Fit it All: ll: Tailoring oring Advi visi sing ng Efforts ts to to Transf sfer r Stu tude dents nts Welcome! Please write your institution’s name on the FRONT and BACK of the printed cardstock.

  2. One Size Does NOT Fit All: Tailoring Advising Efforts to Transfer Students Meghan Charbonneau & Valerie Como Bentley University

  3. Today’s Tailors • Meghan • Valerie • Senior Academic Advisor • Senior Academic Advisor • 7 years in advising, 1 year as • 2 years in advising, 8 years in Transfer Advising Coordinator transfer admissions • Students who struggle • Maximizing student experience

  4. Made to Measure @ Bentley • Private, predominantly business university • 4,200 undergraduate students • Enroll approximately 200 transfer students each year • 1,200 graduate students • Highly residential • Largely traditional-aged students • Pragmatic, goal-oriented, driven students

  5. Taking It In

  6. Stitching It Together • Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory • Transfer advising assessment • Idea generation & sharing • Next steps • Closing thoughts

  7. Off the Rack • Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory • Process • Person • Context • complex relationships • student at center • Time

  8. Off the Rack, cont’d. Chronosystem Macrosystem Exosystem Mesosystem Microsystem Transfer Student Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory: CONTEXT

  9. Sizing It Up

  10. Transfer Advocates • Perfect Fit • Transfer Admission Counselors • Transfer Advising Coordinator, Academic Advisors • Faculty • Needs Alteration • Students Affairs • Marketing Communications • Faculty

  11. Advising Model • Perfect Fit • Assigned an advisor for entire tenure • Needs Alteration • More concerted effort to connect them with Faculty Mentors • Ensuring all practices happen in “off - cycle” times

  12. One-on-One Advising • Perfect Fit • “Mandatory” meeting 1 st semester • Needs Alteration • Finagle a “mandatory” meeting every semester • Ensure more time for initial transfer advising meetings

  13. Communications • Perfect Fit • Specific page on our website • Needs Alteration • Advising Workbooks – “Class of…”

  14. Support Services • Perfect Fit • Access to learning labs & academic technology centers • Transfer Seminar • Needs Alteration • Earlier intervention in quantitative based subjects

  15. Campus Programs/Events • Perfect Fit • Transfer Registration • Study Abroad • Career Services • Needs Alteration • Orientation • Commencement

  16. Sew it Seams

  17. Bespoke Planning

  18. Threading the Needle • Questions • Comments • Closing Thoughts

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