As college enrollment declines, interest in transfer students surges, often without consideration of the infrastructure or culture required to facilitate their success. With over a million of these mobile learners participating in higher education, it is critical that institutions execute a meaningful strategy to move students from pre-matriculation to engaged learning. This responsibility includes many faculty and staff, and often begins with the enrollment professionals who serve as students’ first lifeline to their new institution. This interactive session focuses on understanding the totality of the transfer student journey so departments and individuals can identify their role in the transfer ecosystem. We’ll explore critical touch points and develop the beginnings of a protocol for meaningfully connecting students to those who can propel them toward their goals.

 

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  • Janet Marling Executive Director at NISTS

    Janet L. Marling, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS), where she leads a team committed to ensuring today’s diverse mobile learners have equitable and inclusive access to educational opportunities and the ongoing resources needed to achieve their academic goals. She and her NISTS colleagues are developing a cadre Transfer Champions ready to challenge the status quo and improve the transfer student experience. As an associate professor in UNG’s College of Education, Dr. Marling also directs the Post-Masters Certificate in Transfer Leadership and Practice. Her professional portfolio has included executive and practitioner roles in student affairs and enrollment management, orientation and transition programs, personal and career counseling, peer mentoring, leadership, and learning support. Her proudest accomplishment is parenting three amazing children, Jackson, Cooper, and Andersen, alongside her rock, David.

    Janet Marling

    Janet L. Marling, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS), where she leads a team committed to ensuring today’s diverse mobile learners have equitable and inclusive access to educational opportunities and the ongoing resources needed to achieve their academic goals. She and her NISTS colleagues are developing a cadre Transfer Champions ready to challenge the status quo and improve the transfer student experience. As an associate professor in UNG’s College of Education, Dr. Marling also directs the Post-Masters Certificate in Transfer Leadership and Practice. Her professional portfolio has included executive and practitioner roles in student affairs and enrollment management, orientation and transition programs, personal and career counseling, peer mentoring, leadership, and learning support. Her proudest accomplishment is parenting three amazing children, Jackson, Cooper, and Andersen, alongside her rock, David.

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