In this episode, Emily Kittrell from NISTS chats with Dr. Drew Koch, CEO of the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Higher Education and co-editor of the recent book, The Transfer Experience. Instead of diving into the specifics of any one project, their conversation offers a broad overview of important lessons learned in nearly 25 years of Gardner Institute's transfer-focused work, including the importance of socially just design, evidence-based improvement plans, and finding a community to support and further your transfer advocacy efforts.

About Our Guest

Dr. Andrew “Drew” K. Koch is the Chief Executive Officer for the non-profit John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, which he joined in 2010. Prior to coming to Gardner Institute, Drew spent nearly 20 years working in both independent and public postsecondary institutions on student enrollment, access, success, accreditation, learning, and completion efforts with an emphasis on first-generation, low-income, and historically underrepresented students. He has served as the principal investigator or co-principal investigator on more than two dozen grant-funded research projects with support coming from sources such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, ECMC Foundation, GEAR UP, Kresge Foundation, Lilly Endowment, Lumina Foundation, and the National Science Foundation.

Learn more about our guest: https://www.jngi.org/drew-koch

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Resources

• The Transfer Experience - a handbook for creating a more equitable and successful postsecondary system
• Foundations of Excellence - Transfer Focus - improve transfer-student success and retention through comprehensive, evidence-based, guided self-study, planning, and implementation
• Curricular Analytics Community - Transfer Cohort
• Socially Just Design in Postsecondary Education Series
• Tulsa Higher Education Consortium 
• ECMC's Catalyzing Transfer Initiative
• Growing Inland Achievement College Futures Foundation Grant

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