LibraryC1 High-value operations1d Navigation at the receiving institution
LTI-OPS-025
Require a centralized academic advising appointment prior to matriculation
Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearwith adaptationFour-year to four-yearwith adaptation
Mechanism
Every new transfer sees an advisor before they can register. Credit questions get resolved, and the first schedule gets built with someone who knows the rules.
Preconditions
An automatic hold on new transfer accounts, released once the appointment is logged.
Owner, by role
Director of Academic Advising
Who can act
One institution alone
Effort
Medium, 6 months to first visible effect
Outcome metric
Advising contact rate; correctness of initial course enrollment
Failure modes
Advising offices can easily become bottlenecked during peak summer weeks, causing students to delay registration or miss holds deadlines.
Contra-indications
None stated
Related practices
- LTI-OPS-024 Schedule mandatory transfer orientation sessions early in the summer