Q&A
Transparency and public access to transfer information at CUNY
1:09:40
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CUNY officials discuss their plans to improve transparency and public access to transfer information. They emphasize the importance of clear communication and easy access to transfer maps and success rates.
- CUNY is developing transfer maps that will be transparent to all academic advisers, faculty, and students
- All major data points, including transfer success rates, will be made public as part of CUNY's 2023 strategic plan
- The officials stress that transparency is key to the success of their transfer initiatives
Eric Dinowitz
1:09:40
So the center for an urban future report notes that many students continue to struggle when it comes to ensuring that the credits transfer along with them, especially as applied towards the degree as we've been discussing.
1:09:55
How is CUNY ensuring this is made more transparent AND MORE Efficient SO STUDENTS DON'T WAIS ADDITIONAL TIME AND RESOURCES.
Alicia Alvero
1:10:04
IT WILL BE A MULTIPRONG APPROACH First, the transfer plan knowing when and what where student wants the transfer from day 1 is critical.
1:10:14
Because from day 1, they need to know which courses to be taking.
1:10:18
The moment that we have a delay in knowing when they wanna transfer, the courses they take
Eric Dinowitz
1:10:24
But we probably that that requires knowing that they wanna transfer
Jen Gaboury
1:10:27
Correct.
Eric Dinowitz
1:10:27
To a 4 year institution.
Alicia Alvero
1:10:29
Which we're capturing now in transfers
Eric Dinowitz
1:10:31
Okay.
Alicia Alvero
1:10:31
We are now officially It's good.
1:10:33
Yeah.
1:10:33
And that's exactly why we need the tracking of that information.
1:10:37
And so providing that information what one of the one things from this transfer initiative I'm most excited about is then we will have these transfer maps.
1:10:47
So a student doesn't have to know from day 1.
1:10:50
I want to go to Queen's College.
1:10:52
I want to go to John J.
1:10:54
Right now, there's so much chance.
1:10:56
Right?
1:10:57
IF I HAVE TO TAKE THESE COURSE, IF I WANT TO GO TO JOHN JAY, IF I WANT A MAJOR IN PSYCHOLOGIA, TO TAKE THESE WITH THIS TRANSPORTIONSHIP, DOESN'T matter.
1:11:04
They don't need to know at the very beginning.
1:11:07
And if they major in psychology and know they wanna transfer, they can go to any for your CUNY school.
1:11:14
With that guarantee that all of their credits are gonna transfer within the majors.
1:11:18
So essentially, we'll have, like, a blanket articulation, a map.
1:11:21
Take these course of the community college, and then we're also working at the senior college.
1:11:25
What are the remaining courses?
1:11:27
We want those transfer maps, so it's transparent to all academic advisers.
1:11:31
Faculty as well as students.
1:11:33
So we'll we'll have all that information come December 2024.
1:11:38
You'll have the information.
1:11:39
The students will students
Eric Dinowitz
1:11:40
will the public have the information?
1:11:43
I think we've been talking about, you know, what are the success rates of the program?
1:11:46
Are those all gonna be public information?
Alicia Alvero
1:11:49
Yes.
1:11:49
Yes.
1:11:50
Absolutely.
Eric Dinowitz
1:11:51
We'll get the data guy to make sure.
Colin Chellman
1:11:53
They say yes.
1:11:54
I say yes.
Eric Dinowitz
1:11:57
Yeah.
Wendy Hensel
1:11:57
The key to this success is transparency.
1:12:00
And with the launch of our 2023 strategic plan, all of our major data points have become public, and we vowed to continue to track them publicly, and these are among those data points.