{"id":1506,"date":"2017-10-11T10:32:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T14:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2017-10-11T10:32:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T14:32:55","slug":"celebrate-national-transfer-student-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/10\/11\/celebrate-national-transfer-student-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate National Transfer Student Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/NTSW1920x1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1507\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/NTSW1920x1280-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/NTSW1920x1280-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/NTSW1920x1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/NTSW1920x1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/NTSW1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>Who are America\u2019s transfer students and how does your institution play a role in their journey to a degree?<\/p>\n<p>Share success stories during the inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nists.org\/ntsw\">National Transfer Student Week<\/a>, which runs through Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration is organized by the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students, with support from the New England Transfer Association and the New York State Transfer and Articulation Association.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>NACAC research shows that colleges understand the importance of serving transfer students. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/globalassets\/documents\/knowledge-center\/transfer\/socatransfer.pdf\">data<\/a> included in the association\u2019s most recent <em>State of College Admission<\/em> report:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nine in 10 colleges regard transfer students as considerably or moderately important to overall enrollment goals.<\/li>\n<li>90 percent of public colleges and 70 percent of private colleges participate in articulation agreements with community colleges.<\/li>\n<li>81 percent of colleges have at least one admission officer who works exclusively with prospective transfer students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>View NACAC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/knowledge-center\/transfer\/\">transfer webpage<\/a>, check out the association\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WFAIXGI1JWM\">\u201cTransfer Tips\u201d<\/a> video series, and share information about NACAC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacfairs.org\/learn\/apply\/transfer-fee-waiver\/\">application fee waiver<\/a> for transfer students.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\"><em>mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who are America\u2019s transfer students and how does your institution play a role in their journey to a degree? Share success stories during the inaugural National Transfer Student Week, which runs through Friday. The celebration is organized by the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students, with support from the New England Transfer Association &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/10\/11\/celebrate-national-transfer-student-week\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Celebrate National Transfer Student Week<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transfer"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-oi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}