Recruiting and Retaining Transfer Students

Over 60% of bachelor degree recipients will attend more than one institution.The transfer student market provides your institution - be it public or private - with a unique opportunity to strategically increase enrollments through targeted recruitment and student support programs.

A successful transfer student program requires a comprehensive, institution-wide commitment and strategy to serve the needs of this population. Join us to explore the core components of a comprehensive, coordinated transfer student strategy. You'll hear best practices from experienced presenters with both private and public school perspectives, learn how to identify areas of improvement for your own institution, and begin crafting the framework for a strategy at your institution.

This program is designed for admissions, enrollment, and student affairs professionals at 4-year institutions looking to develop a coordinated approach to transfer student recruitment, orientation, engagement and retention. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in tracked sessions specifically designed to meet their learning needs in student affairs and student recruitment.

This program has been successfully designed for teams of enrollment and student affairs professionals to come together and create well-rounded strategies for the recruitment and retention of transfer students. During joint plenary sessions, teams will discuss goals, areas for collaboration, and improvements to be made and, in break out sessions, both enrollment and student affairs professionals will delve deeper into issues that directly relate to their specific institutional roles.