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From the Manifold edition of LET'S GO IN: MY JOURNEY TO A UNIVERSITY PRESIDENCY by T. Alan Hurwitz: gallaudetupress.manifoldapp.org/projects/let-s-go-in
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VIDEO DESC & TRANSCRIPT: A blue card with white lettering appears for ten seconds. It says "Why do RIT/NTID and Gallaudet have higher transfer rates than other schools?"
Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz, an older white man with white hair, a white beard, and dark-rimmed glasses wearing a bluish-gray buttoned-up shirt stands before a white wall and begins to sign in ASL.
ALAN: I remember when I went to one of the meetings regarding higher education. Presidents of different universities would get together and oftentimes we'd break into small groups
to discuss what the issues and challenges facing us were.
And one time we were talking about transfer students. I was really surprised that a lot of the other university presidents said their average transfer rate among new students was about 3-4%.
We went around the table, and then when it came to be my turn, I said that based on my experiences at two different universities, Gallaudet University and RIT/NTID, I said it was about 25-30%.
They all were shocked and asked me how we did that.
I explained to them that most of our transfer students had already attended other colleges or universities, but weren’t satisfied with the quality of accessibility services like interpreters or notetakers. And secondly was that they were not happy because they felt very lonely, without any other deaf people in their college environments. So they decided to transfer to Gallaudet or NTID where they could have full access to education,
and have a real, meaningful college life experience.
So that was a good discussion. That explains why we have higher transfer rates than most of the other college/universities.
From the Manifold edition of LET'S GO IN: MY JOURNEY TO A UNIVERSITY PRESIDENCY by T. Alan Hurwitz: gallaudetupress.manifoldapp.org/projects/let-s-go-in
This video may not be repurposed or incorporated into other works in any way without the express written consent of the author.
VIDEO DESC & TRANSCRIPT: A blue card with white lettering appears for ten seconds. It says "Why do RIT/NTID and Gallaudet have higher transfer rates than other schools?"
Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz, an older white man with white hair, a white beard, and dark-rimmed glasses wearing a bluish-gray buttoned-up shirt stands before a white wall and begins to sign in ASL.
ALAN: I remember when I went to one of the meetings regarding higher education. Presidents of different universities would get together and oftentimes we'd break into small groups
to discuss what the issues and challenges facing us were.
And one time we were talking about transfer students. I was really surprised that a lot of the other university presidents said their average transfer rate among new students was about 3-4%.
We went around the table, and then when it came to be my turn, I said that based on my experiences at two different universities, Gallaudet University and RIT/NTID, I said it was about 25-30%.
They all were shocked and asked me how we did that.
I explained to them that most of our transfer students had already attended other colleges or universities, but weren’t satisfied with the quality of accessibility services like interpreters or notetakers. And secondly was that they were not happy because they felt very lonely, without any other deaf people in their college environments. So they decided to transfer to Gallaudet or NTID where they could have full access to education,
and have a real, meaningful college life experience.
So that was a good discussion. That explains why we have higher transfer rates than most of the other college/universities.
