Transferring Just Became Easier

1. Transferring Just Became Easier Presented by: Marilyn Marshall, u.select Illinois Project Lisa Marinelli, u.select Illinois Project

2. Agenda • Statewide Transfer Tools • What is u.select • u.select Illinois Project • Live Demonstration

3. Statewide Transfer Tools • Launched in 1998 • Home of Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) • Statewide articulation agreement • www.itransfer.org • Launched in 2002 • u.select is a tool to let users learn how agreements – IAI and any other articulation agreements – effect individual students.

4. What is u.select? • Online transfer advising tool • Allows students and advisors to: • Obtain program requirements • View course-by-course equilvalencies • Monitor progree towards a degree • It is a free service

5. Who can use u.select? • Students • Community College, University and High School • Advisors • Academic, Transfer, Admissions and Faculty • School Administrators • Parents

6. u.select nationwide u.select is a statewide system in: Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Ohio

7. u.select Illinois Project • Illinois Participating Institutions • 12 Public Universities • 48 Community Colleges • 7 Independent Institutions

8. Receiving Institutions • Planning Guide, Course Equivalency Guide and Course Listing implemented: • DePaul University • Eastern Illinois University • Illinois State University • Southern Illinois U at Edwardsville (Fall 2009) • U of Illinois at Chicago • U of Illinois at Springfield • U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • West Suburban College of Nursing • Western Illinois University (September 2009) • Course Equivalency Guide and Course Listing implemented: • Bradley U • College Of DuPage • National-Louis U • Northern Illinois U • Southern Illinois U at Carbondale • Course Equivalency Guide or Course Listing implemented: • Chicago State U • Governors State U • Loyola U Chicago • Northeastern Illinois COD CSU DePaul GSU Loyola National-Louis NEIU UIC West Suburban NIU Bradley ISU WIU UIUC UIS EIU SIUE SIUC

9. Sending Institutions Course listings implemented: • Black Hawk C. • Bradley U. • Chicago State U. • City Cs. of Chicago • C. of DuPage • Danville Area CC. • DePaul U. • Eastern Illinois U. • Elgin CC. • Governors State U. • W. R. Harper C. • Heartland CC. • Highland CC. • Illinois Central C. • Illinois Eastern CCs. • Illinois State U. • Illinois Valley CC. • Joliet JC. • Kankakee CC. • Kaskaskia C. • Kishwaukee C. • C. of Lake County • Lake Land C. • Lewis & Clark CC. • Lincoln Land CC. • John A. Logan C. • Loyola U. Chicago • MacCormac C. • McHenry CC. • Moraine Valley CC. • Morton C. • National-Louis U. • Northeastern Illinois U. • Northern Illinois U. • Oakton CC. • Parkland C. • Prairie State C. • Rend Lake C. • Richland CC. • Rock Valley C. • Saint Augustine C. • Carl Sandburg C. • Sauk Valley CC. • Shawnee CC. • South Suburban C. • Southeastern Illinois C. • Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale • Southern Illinois U. at Edwardsville • Southwestern Illinois C. • Spoon River C. • Triton C. • U. of Illinois at Chicago • U. of Illinois at Springfield • U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • Waubonsee CC. • West Suburban C. of Nursing • Western Illinois U. • John Wood CC.

10. Request Import Institutions • Black Hawk C. • City Colleges of Chicago • College of DuPage • Elgin CC. • Illinois Eastern CC • Lewis & Clark • Lincoln Land CC (Fall 2009) • Moraine Valley CC • Carl Sandburg C • Sauk Valley CC • U of Illinois Chicago (Fall 2009) • U of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Fall 2009)

11. u.select can help you advise

12. u.select Tools Schools Programs View degree requirements by major at participating colleges and universities. Access links to different student services such as Admissions, Registrations and Financial Aid. Course Equilvalenies Demonstrates how courses transfer from one institution to another. Transfer Plans Run a personalized degree report to see how courses will transfer and apply to a specific institution.

13. How to utilize u.select during an advising session • As a Guest • Access to basic u.select tools: Schools, Programs and Course Equivalency • As a Member – it’s free! • Access to all u.select tools

14. Let’s see how it works… www.iTransfer.org/uselect www.transfer.org

15. U Select an Approach: Advising with u.select

16. U Select Your Approach: Brief • Amount of advising time with students • 15-30 minutes • u.select mentioned during first visit • Approach • Use Guest Login • Look at Course Equivalency Guides • Look at Programs • Focus on specific major courses • Print planning guide if requested

17. U Select Your Approach: General • Amount of advising time with students • - 30 minutes • - u.select mentioned during first visit • Approach • - Login to personal account • - Look at Planning Guides • My Courses contain courses most commonly taken by students • Planning Guides are completed for most popular programs and institutions • - Explain Planning Guides • - Print Planning Guides if requested

18. U Select Your Approach: In-Depth • Amount of advising time with students • - 30 minutes • - u.select mentioned during second visit • Approach • - Login to general advisor account • - Walk students through adding a course • My Courses contain courses most commonly taken by students • - Create a Planning Guide with student • Planning Guides completed for most popular programs and institutions • - Explain Planning Guide

19. u.select Team Lisa Marinelli Project Coordinator lmarine@uillinois.edu 217-244-0931 Marilyn Marshall Project Director mmmurphy@uillinois.edu 217-333-3079 Warren Osborne Technical Coordinator 217-351-2535 wosborne@parkland.edu