ASCEND Podcast
Are you ready to ASCEND to new possibilities? In this podcast, Dr. Jared Tippets and Dr. Eric Kirby outline why a focus on retention and completion is so important, why previous retention efforts have not always worked, and discuss how we can successfully "ASCEND" to these great expectations. In each episode, we will share innovative ideas, creative initiatives, and best practices and strategies that campuses have used to achieve amazing results. This podcast has intentionally been produced in a quick-tip, bite-sized format where the listener can quickly find ideas, initiatives, and solutions that can be tried on campus today.
ASCEND Podcast
S3 - E19 - Dr. Stephanie M. Foote, Dr. Brandon Smith, Dr. Rob Rodier - Toward Transfer Student Success Through a Process to Examine Curricular Pathways (Data)
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In this episode, we examine how clearer curricular pathways can improve transfer student success and reduce one of higher education’s most persistent barriers, credit loss. Featuring insights from experts at the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Higher Education, the conversation explores how faculty and staff can work together to analyze curriculum design, identify unnecessary complexity, and create more transparent routes to degree completion. Through examples from the Curricular Analytics Community, this episode highlights how examining prerequisite structures and transfer pathways can strengthen retention, reduce excess credits, and create more equitable outcomes for transfer students and the broader student population.
