Lynnerup & AnsellLynnerup & Ansell

LibraryC3 Cultural system3b Status and parity

LTI-CUL-013

Engage transfer students in presenting digital research portfolios to faculty

Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearwith adaptationFour-year to four-yearwith adaptation

Mechanism

Community college students present research portfolios to panels of faculty from both institutions. University faculty who watch it stop repeating the line about community college rigor.

Preconditions

Portfolio assignments built into foundational pathway coursework.

Owner, by role

Pathways Program Director / Department Chair

Who can act

Both institutions jointly

Effort

Medium, 6 months to first visible effect

Outcome metric

Transfer student confidence scores; entry into university honors programs

Failure modes

Showcase events can fail to shift faculty culture if university department chairs do not attend or if student participation is low.

Contra-indications

None stated