Faculty and Instructor Training for Promoting Transfer Student Success

Faculty and instructors are encouraged to enroll in this CITL-created self-paced training. The training will help instructional staff and faculty better understand the role transfer plays in enrollment at UWSP, the challenges faced by transfer students, and how faculty and instructors can create environments to help transfer students succeed. Many of the practices suggested in the training are great inclusive teaching practices that stand to benefit many students, even if they are not transfer students.

Background

Did you know approximately one third of the new students UWSP welcomes each year transfer here from another institution? These students come to us from a wide variety of institutions and have a wide variety of backgrounds, however, they often share common struggles in adapting and settling into a new academic institution. Faculty and other instructional staff are in a unique position to help ensure the persistence and success of transfer students. 

With the support of funding from a Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant, CITL has developed this self-paced Canvas training for faculty and instructional staff to help them better support our transfer students. Based on recommendations from the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students, this training will provide instructors with concrete suggestions that they can implement in their courses, majors, and departments to help make UWSP a place where transfer students thrive.