Q&A
Implementation of the transfer accelerator program at CUNY
1:34:25
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113 sec
Eli Dvorkin elaborates on the proposed transfer accelerator program and how it could be implemented within CUNY. He envisions it as an embedded program that mobilizes city resources to support key initiatives that are already working.
- The transfer accelerator would focus on scaling successful tools like T-Rex across all CUNY colleges
- Emphasizes the need for more advisers to reduce unacceptably high advisor-to-student ratios
- Suggests using the transfer accelerator as an organizing principle to allocate resources effectively
- Stresses the importance of sharing successful practices across all CUNY colleges and holding them accountable for implementation
Eric Dinowitz
1:34:25
And you and you recommended it as sort of a different like a transfer accelerator program as a sort of different program, or do you see this being more embedded as part of a program like ace or ASAP?
Eli Dvorkin
1:34:39
Yeah.
1:34:39
Great question.
1:34:40
I I I see it as being embedded.
1:34:41
I think the transfer accelerator idea is really about mobilizing city resources behind a handful of key programs that are really working.
1:34:50
To say, we know that the T Rex tool is working.
1:34:53
But the challenge now as as you heard in that first panel is to make sure that every student is experiencing the power of that tool from day 1.
1:35:00
And that means I would say it starts with more advisers.
1:35:03
You know, the ratios are just unacceptably high, and it's part of the reason why a program like ASAP is as effective as it is.
1:35:10
But I would say going beyond that, what what we're proposing there is really an investment in operationalizing and scaling up those key initiatives that are already working.
1:35:19
They're just at a super small scale.
1:35:20
You know, they started with that pilot funding from philanthropy.
1:35:23
Heating has obviously indicated their desire to keep them going.
1:35:26
But I have concerns, you know, with budget cuts the CUNY's facing right now, a 1,000,000 different kind of competing priorities, I think it's gonna be really difficult to keep that work going and philanthropic support is not renewing at the level that funded the project initially in 2020.
1:35:40
So there's a challenge there.
1:35:41
Now, CUNY's demonstrated its commitment to doing this.
1:35:44
So I I I I have confidence that they're going to, you know, they talk about the goals by December, that we're gonna see those, you know, realized, but there's more that's gonna be needed to make or even beyond the kind of, you know, agreements around articulation of credits to make sure that all of these initiatives exist equally at every college.
1:36:00
And that's where we think the transfer elder could be an organizing principle for getting resources where they're needed, where they're actually having an impact.
1:36:06
And to make sure that every college is doing something right, shares those learnings with the other colleges and are held to the account to make sure that they're embedding and and institutionalizing these new tools and and and procedures that are work