Thank you for taking the time out to let us know about your programs. At Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, we do not offer a course specifically designated for transfer students in transition to the university. They can count the credit towardelective credit for graduation. We are currently offering 46 sections of 25 students each. It has been a terrific success.
Parents enjoy it very, very much as well.
I'm not sure how such an event would work at a larger institution, but certainly each school within a university could do some type of opening ceremony. At Arizona State University, the only way we could move from soft money to permanent positions was to prove with DATA that our class was effective. The Office of Institutional Analysis here did a two year, comprehensive evaluation of our program. Part of those recommendations included institutionalizing our course. If you would like more information, or a copy of the study, please contact me.