Embed transfer student success metrics in evaluations of academic deans

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

Mechanism

Department-level transfer outcomes go into the annual review of academic deans. Transfer stops being something student services worries about alone.

Preconditions

Dashboards showing course success, retention and graduation for transfer students by department.

Owner, by role

University Provost

Who can act

One institution alone

Effort

Medium, 12 months to first visible effect

Outcome metric

Dean-led curriculum alignment work; department-level transfer graduation rates

Failure modes

Deans may focus on first-time-in-college outcomes if transfer metrics represent only a small portion of their evaluations.

Contra-indications

None stated

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