Train admissions staff as specialized regional transfer advisors

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

Mechanism

A subset of admissions counselors is trained and funded as transfer specialists. They become the regional expert that community college advisors call.

Preconditions

Funding for the training and the specialist posts.

Owner, by role

Director of Admissions / Vice President of Student Success

Who can act

Both institutions jointly (consortium obligation, grant-funded)

Effort

Small, 4 months to first visible effect

Outcome metric

Community college advisors reporting good support from specialists

Failure modes

High staff turnover can lead to a continuous cycle of retraining, draining program resources.

Contra-indications

None stated