Missouri State News

Check Out the Updated General Education and CORE 42 Worksheets

The general education and CORE 42 worksheets are now fillable and provide a great way to save an electronic copy for students and attach to an Advising Note.

Transfer News

Inside Higher Ed, The Transfer Student Leadership Maze

Muwwakkil and Zaragoza write, “Transfer students bring a wealth of skills to campuses. Ignoring the structural and cultural barriers to transfer students’ inclusion in governance creates an equity issue, as transfer students are more likely to be people of color, veterans and parents; we are more likely to hold jobs. When the structure and culture of student governance meaningfully include transfer students, our higher education systems will transform as well.”

Tackling Transfer Article

Transfer Resources

Supporting Transfer Student Success: Five Key Faculty Practices

This guide presents five research-informed practices designed to help faculty reflect on and reframe the ways they think about, teach, advise, and mentor transfer students. Each section offers a brief introduction grounded in the research and practice literature on transfer, a series of suggested actions faculty can take, and questions to prompt personal reflection or guide conversations with colleagues.

Supporting Transfer Student Success Guide

Transfer Advising Committee

The Transfer Advising Committee works in cooperation with Transfer Council and the Provost’s Academic Advising Council to develop best practices for transfer advising, facilitate communication regarding transfer student issues, and offer professional development for transfer advisors.

Transfer Advising Committee Minutes

Is there something you would like to see in a future addition of the Transfer Advocate? Email your ideas to TransferAdvisor@MissouriState.edu.