tag: Credit mobility
Research Report
December 4, 2025
From Concept to Campus
Lessons from the Design, Launch, and Growth of Transfer Explorer
This report tells the story behind Transfer Explorer—charting its design, pilot, launch, and ongoing improvements—to illuminate the decisions, and partnerships that made it possible and to highlight how Transfer Explorer may be leveraged in the future to improve credit mobility policies and procedures across the country. In doing so, the report is less about the outcomes of Transfer Explorer itself and more on the processes that shaped it.
Upcoming Event
December 10, 2025
Thinking Holistically about Credit Mobility and Transfer
At the New Jersey Transfer Counselor Association Winter Meeting at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ, Ithaka S+R’s Martin Kurzweil will give a keynote address focused on thinking holistically about credit mobility and transfer. The session will take place on December 10 at 9:30am ET.
Past Event
November 12, 2025
Academic Momentum and Credit Mobility
Examining the Role of CUNY’s Transfer Explorer
At the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) and Council on Public Policy Higher Education (CPPHE) Pre-Conference on November 12 at 9am-10:30am, Ithaka S+R’s Alex Monday will join David Wutchiett (CUNY) and Alexandra Logue (CUNY) to discuss how colleges and policymakers can serve student-parents, transfers, and scholars of color. The session will share findings from a study that evaluates CUNY’s Transfer Explorer (T-Rex) as a systems-level policy tool to enhance academic momentum and credit mobility. Findings show T-Rex use…
Blog Post
August 6, 2025
PanelPicker Is Open for SXSW EDU 2026
Vote Today
Over the past several years, we’ve had the opportunity to present at SXSW EDU on a range of topics. It’s a wonderful place to learn from our community and forge new connections. This year, in collaboration with some of the organizations we work with, we submitted four proposals—on AI, first-generation students, and transfer. If you would like to see us in Austin, vote now! AI in Higher Ed: Who’s Being Heard, Who’s Not? (Meet-Up) Speakers: Claire Baytas and…
Blog Post
March 20, 2025
Highlights from SXSW EDU 2025
The Growing Role of AI in Education, Learning Styles, the Value of Higher Education, and Student Belonging Take Center Stage
Earlier this month, I attended the SXSW EDU Conference in Austin, Texas, where I led a panel session about Ithaka S+R’s credit mobility work. The conference featured wide-ranging sessions covering key topics in the K-12, higher education, and education technology sectors. I wanted to highlight a number of sessions that stood out to me, focused on the growing role of artificial intelligence in education, leadership in challenging times, student mental health and learning styles, and building cultures that…