Previous COTA Conferences

2018 COTA Conference - "Navigating the Future"

2018 Conference Program

Conference Presentations

• Session One:
  • Higher Education Core Curriculum Act
  • Webster University Increasing Access for Transfer Scholars in Science
  • Transfer Mentor Program - One Year Later
• Session Two:
  • Transfer Student Success Initiatives with National Student Clearinghouse
  • Adult Learners: Lessons Learned from a New Metro-wide College Scholarship and Student Support Program
  • Transfer Student Services and Support Round Table
• Session Three:
  • Math Pathways
  • Birds of a Feather - Implementing CORE 42
  • Transfer Evaluation Process
• Session Four:
  • What is the Role of Developmental Education in Math Pathways?
  • Missouri Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships
  • Resolving Transfer Credit Disputes

2017 COTA Conference

2017 Conference ProgramPDF Document

Conference Presentations

• Session One:
  • Higher Education Core Curriculum ActPDF Document
  • Effective Dual Credit and Dual Enrollment Program PracticesPDF Document
  • Transfer Mentor Program: A Concurrent Advising and Enrollment Pilot ProgramPDF Document
  • Transcript Pre-Evaluation: Helping Students Shop AroundPDF Document
• Session Two:
  • Promoting On-time College Completion: Missouri's 15 to Finish, Guided Pathways to Success, and Concurrent EnrollmentPDF Document
  • Improving Transfer Credit Transparency: How Columbia College's Equivalency Guides Assist Students and AdvisorsPDF Document
  • An Online System for Re-Evaluation and Pre-Approval of Transfer CreditPDF Document
  • Win-Win Negotiations: How Do You Build and Maintain Transfer Partnerships and Articulation Agreements? PDF Document
• Session Three:
  • Sending the Right Signals for TransferPDF Document
  • Online Students: How Webster University Serves This Important PopulationPDF Document
  • Math PathwaysPDF Document

2016 COTA Conference

2016 Conference Program

Conference Presentations

• Session One:
  • National Student Clearinghouse Reverse Transfer's New Process
  • Multi-State Collaborative on Military Credit
  • Transfer and Articulation Officers' Roles and Responsibilities
• Session Two:
  • Missouri Mathematics Pathways Initiative
  • Competency-based Education
• Hot Topics:
  • International Students
• Session Three:
  • TruMACC: Working Together for Degree Completion
  • Transfer Credit Guidelines

2015 COTA Conference

2015 Conference Program

Conference Presentations

• Session One:
  • Optimizing Reverse Transfer: Debra Bragg Presentation
  • Financial Aid and Transfer Students
• Session Two:
  • International Students and Transfer
  • Serve and Transfer: Managing Military Training & Experience and Transfer Credit
  • Course Equivalence and Transfer
• Session Three:
  • Developmental Education and Transfer
  • Reverse Transfer on a National Scale: Where do we stand?
  • STEM and Transfer

2014 COTA Conference

2014 Conference Program

Conference Presentations

Keynote Address: The Business Imperative of Increased College Attainment

• Session One
  • Reverse Transfer-the Missouri Way
  • Transfer of Introductory STEM Courses
• Session Two
  • Taking Steps toward Implementing Best Practices in Remedial Education
  • NACEP Accreditation: Advancing Quality College Courses in High School and Improving Credit Transfer
• Session Three
  • Missouri Core Transfer Library: Collaboration toward a Common Goal
  • Importing Transfer Equivalencies: How to Maximize your Efficiency
  • Reverse Transfer Data Exchange: A Registrar and National Student Clearinghouse Proposal

2013 COTA Conference

2013 Conference Program

Conference Presentations

Keynote Address: Something Better than in the Middle: HB 1042, the Common Core, and Increased Educational Attainment in Missouri

• Session One
  • Developmental Education Panel
    • MDHE update on Developmental Education
    • Models for Course Redesign
    • EmPowerPoint
• How TES College Source Saved Columbia College Evaluators from Mental Disintegration
• Recruitment, Retention and Relationship Building Using Transfer Guides
• Session Two
  • Missouri Learning Commons: Statewide Course Redesign Initiative
  • Bridging the Gap between Community College and Baccalaureate Degrees in STEM
  • Transfer Credit Reevaluation Simplified
• Session Three
• A+ Program
• DeVry Experience with Project Win-Win
• Transfer Student Orientation

2012 Conference

Conference Program

Conference Presentations

• Keynote: Brian FosterPowerpoint Presentation

• Session 1
  • Will My Credits Transfer (Part 1)PDF Document (Part 2)PDF Document
  • Pre-STEM Pathways: Establishing a Route for Success for Four-year STEM DegreesPDF Document
  • 2011 Dual Credit SurveyPowerpoint Presentation

• Session 2
  • Reverse Transfer: How UTEP Created a Successful ProgramPowerpoint Presentation
  • The Effectiveness of Articulation and Transfer Agreements between Missouri Community Colleges and Universities in Promoting Successful Completion of a Four-year DegreePowerpoint Presentation
  • Hot Topics (Update on AAT)

• Session 3
  • Empowering the Non-Traditional Student: The GOAL ProgramPowerpoint Presentation
  • Post-secondary Institutions: Building Bridges with Dual Credit Course Integrity to Ensure Course Transfer, Student Transition / Retention, and College-to-Career Readiness through Standards-Based Programs--A State and National UpdatePowerpoint Presentation
  • Prior Learning Assessment: Encore PresentationPowerpoint Presentation

2011 Conference

Conference Program

Conference Presentations

• Session 1: ACCESS—ACCESS—ACCESS: Creating a College Going Culture and Ensuring Student Success in Missouri PDF Document

• Session 3: A+ Program Update from MDHEPDF Document

• Session 4: Using a Bachelor of Technology Degree to Benefit AAS StudentsPDF Document

• Session 5: Missouri College Advising Corps: Helping Community College Students Transfer Toward Bachelor-Degree Completion
  
  PDF Document
• Lunch: A Brief Update On How Missouri Measures Up On Higher Education GoalsPDF Document

• Session 7: Early Colleges Demonstrate Promising Results through Post-Secondary Outreach Utilizing Accredited Standards-Based PDF Document
  • Additional SlidesPDF Document

• Session 8: Re-Visiting Feedback to Transfer-Originating InstitutionsPDF Document

• Session 9: Prior Learning AssessmentPDF Document

2011 Conference Report