Ensuring Success for Students Who Transfer: The Importance of Career and Professional Development

by Heather N. Maietta Ed.D. (Editor), Philip D. Gardner Ph.D. (Editor)

Overview

Transfer students face a unique set of challenges when trying to get acclimated to their new environment. In the current transfer literature, there is an absence of career development in all its forms including career resources, career advising, career coaching/counseling, professional readiness, and job search strategizing. Ensuring Success for Students Who Transfer: The Importance of Career and Professional Development works to fill this void.

This publication presents anecdotal and data-driven evidence of career development and professional readiness being infused at various universities to offset the imperceptible career voice in current transfer literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781942072676
Publisher:	National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
Publication date:	01/29/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	298
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Heather Maietta is a professor in the Doctorate of Higher Education Leadership program at Regis College. Her research examines the impacts of college closure, first-generation doctoral students, and the success of adult learners. Her most recent publications include journal articles on adult learners, a monograph entitled Career Coaching: Fundamentals, Applications, and Future Directions, a coedited book entitled The T-professional Model and Undergraduate Education: Advancing Talent Development, and a book chapter entitled "When First-Generation College Students Become Doctoral Candidates". She sits on the editorial board for the Journal of the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, is a board certified coach, a National Association of Colleges and Employers coaching faculty member, and a Facilitating Career Developments national trainer

Philip Gardner served as executive director of career services at Michigan State University and director of the Collegiate Employment Research Institute, where he actively researched issues related to college and work. His work includes investigating and advocating the T- professional model as a means to reimagine undergraduate education. Philip served as a Fulbright specialist to New Zealand in work-integrated learning, recognized by the Cooperative Education Internship Association and the World Association of Cooperative Education in understanding and advancing work-integrated learning. He was recently elected to the Academy of Fellows of the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

Table of Contents

Tables and Figures
Foreword – Janet L. Marling
Introduction: Redefining the Transfer Experience for Successful Career Outcomes – Heather N. Maietta and Philip D. Gardner
1) Understanding the Career Development Needs of Students Who Transfer – Heather N. Maietta and Philip D. Gardner
2) Transfer Nation: A Digital Community in Support of Transfer – Heather Adams
3) Navigating Unfamiliar Spaces: My Voice As a Student Who Transferred and a Professional Advisor of Transfers – Priscilla Vallejo
4) A Case for Life Design: An Innovative Seminar To Foster Success for Students Who Transfer Through Career Exploration, Agency, and Readiness – Heather A. Butler and Marc C. Hunsaker
5) Career Pathways by Design: An Innovative Framework to Enhance Professional Preparation for STEM Students Who Transfer – Kerin Hilker-Balkissoon and Padmanabhan Seshaiyer
6) The Impact of Early and Integrated Career Support for Students Who Transfer – Miranda Atkinson and Rachel Allen
7) “This Sounds Just Like Me”: Higher Education-Nonprofit Partnership Offers Targeted Supports To Help Launch the Careers of Students Who Transfer – Aimée Eubanks Davis
8) UCLA’s Career Programming for Students Who Transfer – Alejandra De Alba and Heather Adams
9) Lasting Impressions: Why Immediate Support Has Long-Term Career Impact – Tasia Cerezo
10) The Impact of Forced Transfer on Students’ College Transition – Heather N. Maietta
11) Students Who Transfer and Their Utilization of Career Services: Using Big Data To Establish Connections to Student Success – Everett Weber and Philip D. Gardner
12) Adult Learners: Invisible Among Students Who Transfer – Philip D. Gardner, Heather N. Maietta, and Niki Perkins
Concluding Thoughts: Strengthening the Transfer Process by Scaling Better Practices: Collaborate on Data Collection, Co-Create With Career Services, and Drive Professional Readiness – Heather N. Maietta and Philip D. Gardner
About the Authors
Index