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One Size Does NOT Fit All: Tailoring Advising Efforts to Transfer Students Meghan Charbonneau & Valerie Como Bentley University

Today’s Tailors • Meghan • Valerie • Senior Academic Advisor • Senior Academic Advisor • 7 years in advising, 1 year as • 2 years in advising, 8 years in Transfer Advising Coordinator transfer admissions • Students who struggle • Maximizing student experience

Made to Measure @ Bentley • Private, predominantly business university • 4,200 undergraduate students • Enroll approximately 200 transfer students each year • 1,200 graduate students • Highly residential • Largely traditional-aged students • Pragmatic, goal-oriented, driven students

Taking It In

Stitching It Together • Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory • Transfer advising assessment • Idea generation & sharing • Next steps • Closing thoughts

Off the Rack • Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory • Process • Person • Context • complex relationships • student at center • Time

Off the Rack, cont’d. Chronosystem Macrosystem Exosystem Mesosystem Microsystem Transfer Student Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory: CONTEXT

Sizing It Up

Transfer Advocates • Perfect Fit • Transfer Admission Counselors • Transfer Advising Coordinator, Academic Advisors • Faculty • Needs Alteration • Students Affairs • Marketing Communications • Faculty

Advising Model • Perfect Fit • Assigned an advisor for entire tenure • Needs Alteration • More concerted effort to connect them with Faculty Mentors • Ensuring all practices happen in “off - cycle” times

One-on-One Advising • Perfect Fit • “Mandatory” meeting 1 st semester • Needs Alteration • Finagle a “mandatory” meeting every semester • Ensure more time for initial transfer advising meetings

Communications • Perfect Fit • Specific page on our website • Needs Alteration • Advising Workbooks – “Class of…”

Support Services • Perfect Fit • Access to learning labs & academic technology centers • Transfer Seminar • Needs Alteration • Earlier intervention in quantitative based subjects

Campus Programs/Events • Perfect Fit • Transfer Registration • Study Abroad • Career Services • Needs Alteration • Orientation • Commencement

Sew it Seams

Bespoke Planning

Threading the Needle • Questions • Comments • Closing Thoughts