Missouri State News
TCRP 2.0 Launch
The upgraded Transfer Credit Reevaluation and Preapproval (TCRP) System is being rolled out to users over the next several months. Approvers, advisors, and students will have an improved user experience as well as access to new features that were previously unavailable. If you would like further details and a more in-depth look at the new functionality, please consider viewing the first 25 minutes of the “Transfer Advising Essentials: What’s New?” advisor forum from October 2024 and/or the blog post linked below.
TCRP 2.0: New Launch Features and Availability Dates
Transfer News
Better Together: Creating a Statewide Transfer Professional Peer Group
“Creativity is often called upon by advisers, as they must be resourceful in getting the information they need, but what about information they don’t know that they need?… This question kept presenting itself, prompting us to have countless discussions about the state of transfer and how we could work together in addressing the challenges we and our students were facing.” Emily Muniz and Kemper Steele describe the creation of the VCCS Transfer Advising Peer Group in this article from Inside Higher Ed.
Transfer Resources
Attend the 2025 COTA Conference!
The 2025 COTA Conference will be held on Friday, March 7, 2025, at Camden on the Lake in Lake Ozark, MO. This year’s theme is “Student Centered Transfer Revolution: Rethinking Policies, Practices, and Partnerships”, and will address challenges with respect to student transfer, credit vs non-credit alignment, collaboration, and institutional policy. Registration for the 2025 COTA Conference is now open.
Register for the 2025 COTA Conference
Transfer Advising Committee
The Transfer Advising Committee has representation from each academic college and works collaboratively to develop best practices for transfer advising, facilitate communication regarding transfer student issues, and offer professional development for transfer advisors. The minutes from the Transfer Advising Committee’s latest meeting can be found below.