Award institutional research grants focused on transfer student success

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

Mechanism

Internal grants go to faculty researching transfer students and students of color. It puts transfer work on the same track as tenure and publishing rather than in competition with it.

Preconditions

A funding carve-out from the operating or research foundation budget.

Owner, by role

Vice Provost for Academic Affairs / Director of Institutional Research

Who can act

One institution alone

Effort

Medium, 9 months to first visible effect

Outcome metric

Grant proposals submitted; papers published on transfer outcomes

Failure modes

Grants can be monopolized by a small pocket of already-receptive faculty without influencing broader departmental promotion guidelines.

Contra-indications

None stated