Conduct systematic program reviews of transfer majors on five-year cycles

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

Mechanism

Program review asks departments transfer-specific questions, so transfer outcomes get looked at on a schedule rather than when somebody complains.

Preconditions

A program review template requiring five years of transfer outcomes.

Owner, by role

Vice Provost for Academic Affairs / Director of Assessment

Who can act

One institution alone

Effort

Large, 10 months to first visible effect

Outcome metric

Curricular alignments approved and implemented after review

Failure modes

Program reviews can become mechanical exercises if departments fail to implement recommendations.

Contra-indications

None stated

Related practices

LTI-PM-008 Embed transfer student success metrics in evaluations of academic deans