{"id":472700,"date":"2026-10-21T22:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T22:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472700\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T22:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T22:40:11","slug":"building-successful-red-raiders-accessibility-affordability-flexibility-texas-tech-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472700\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Successful Red Raiders: Accessibility, Affordability, Flexibility | Texas Tech Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Tech has emphasized recruiting and retaining transfer students with its efforts
\n yielding recognition and results.<\/p>\n

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Years of work accentuating accessibility, affordability and flexibility have helped
\n Texas Tech University steadily connect with a growing population of transfer students
\n and position it as an appealing destination for completing a degree.<\/p>\n

As Texas Tech celebrates National Transfer Student Week, its efforts have been noticed
\n on multiple fronts.<\/p>\n

The university just welcomed its largest class which included approximately 3,100
\n transfer students earlier this fall, and it has been named to the Phi Theta Kappa
\n Transfer Honor Roll recognizing institutions that demonstrate excellence in creating
\n and supporting pathways for community college transfer students.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Only 275 colleges and universities earned this recognition, which rates institutions
\n on five areas: transfer student success outcomes, credit mobility, financial support,
\n recruitment and admissions practices, and campus engagement for transfer students.<\/p>\n

None of which surprises Hensley Harman, an accounting student who transferred to Texas
\n Tech and has subsequently gotten involved in numerous aspects of college life, including
\n serving as an officer in the Transfer Techsans student organization.<\/p>\n

\"AHarman Hensley<\/p>\n

\u201cI decided to transfer to Texas Tech when I visited a couple of hometown friends here
\n for a football game and fell in love with the energy on campus,\u201d she said. \u201cI could
\n see myself having that classic college experience at Texas Tech: going to football
\n games, studying with friends and loving where I lived.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those are exactly the types of success stories Jason Hale and the enrollment management
\n team love to hear. He said Texas Tech has focused on virtually every aspect of campus
\n life for transfers, aiming to ensure they have a meaningful experience from the first
\n moment they arrive on campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it really comes down to the level of support and services that we have been
\n able to provide them,\u201d said Hale, assistant vice president of enrollment management
\n and executive director of undergraduate admissions.. \u201cPlacement rates, credits that
\n we transfer in and accept toward a degree, financial support and dedicated staff and
\n teams focused on transfer students. Those are things that have helped set us apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harman said the ease of accessing resources made her Texas Tech transfer a smooth
\n process. In addition to joining student organizations, she has built relationships
\n with other students, studied abroad in Norway and landed an internship in New York
\n City.<\/p>\n

\u201cStarting out, I was nervous that being a transfer student would make it hard to find
\n friends and organizations to join,\u201d she said. \u201cBut Texas Tech made getting connected
\n really easy. The amazing faculty and staff here have played an active role in making
\n sure students know about all the great opportunities and resources available, and
\n I have felt consistently seen and supported from day one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hale said Texas Tech has agreements with all 50 of the state\u2019s community college systems.
\n The memorandums of understanding create specific pathways to Texas Tech, smoothing
\n the journey from an associate degree to a bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe university has collaborated with the Academic Partnerships Office, which is part
\n of the Provost\u2019s office in building relationships with every community college in
\n the state of Texas,\u201d said Jason Hale, assistant vice president of enrollment management
\n and executive director of undergraduate admissions. \u201cWe want to help students see
\n a clear pathway for completion of their degree.\u201d<\/p>\n

Similarly, Texas Tech has articulation agreements with community colleges that allow
\n students in some cases to co-enroll at both institutions and complete course work
\n in specific majors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Also, the advising process for transfer students begins before they reach campus,
\n and Hale said Texas Tech stresses transparency and has online tools for students to
\n see how much of their coursework will transfer. Finally, Texas Tech offers the Presidential
\n Transfer Scholarship Program that provides significant financial assistant to transfer
\n students, depending on the number of hours transferring and their GPA.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to be partners with the community colleges,\u201d Hale said. \u201cSuccess is the number
\n of students who move on from the community college to a transfer institution, so having
\n those partnerships allows us to really help students. They are critical in saying
\n we\u2019re working together and allow us to better serve students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harman said the best advice she could give other transfer students is to take advantage
\n of the resources Texas Tech offers.<\/p>\n

\u201cShow up to every event you can fit in your schedule,\u201d she said, \u201ceven if you have
\n to go by yourself. I used to be nervous about introducing myself to new people until
\n I realized everyone on campus, whether they\u2019re a transfer student or not, just wants
\n to find their group of people. Take advantage of all the free events Texas Tech offers,
\n and you will find your people quick.\u201d<\/p>\n

Continuing to support transfer students and equipping them with the resources necessary
\n for success will continue to be a priority for Texas Tech.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents are looking for flexibility, and one of the ways Texas Tech offers that
\n is through all of the online options now available,\u201d Hale said. \u201cA lot of transfer
\n students are working adults, can\u2019t come to Lubbock, and are looking for an online
\n option. We have more than 30 online bachelor programs with eight-week terms, so it\u2019s
\n really flexible and allows us to meet them where they are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Texas Tech\u2019s Transfer Connection program continues to evolve, helping transfer students
\n build meaningful relationships to find their place within the university community.<\/p>\n

\u201cTransfer students want to see themselves as part of the community at an institution,
\n especially one this large,\u201d Hale said. \u201cHaving that peer-to-peer connection with a
\n transfer student who has gone through the process has really helped. It\u2019s not just
\n us telling how supportive we are of students. It\u2019s student testimony; them going back
\n to their community college and helping with recruitment events.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harman said transferring to Texas Tech was a more frightening proposition than when
\n she originally started college, but the university exceeded her expectations on every
\n front.<\/p>\n

\u201cTexas Tech has allowed me to find my people and thrive,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m beyond grateful
\n for all of the professors, faculty members and friends who have supported me from
\n the minute I arrived in Lubbock. I can\u2019t wait to make even more memories and see what
\n the rest of my time here brings me. Wreck \u2018Em.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Tech has emphasized recruiting and retaining transfer students with its efforts yielding recognition and results. CREATORS Years…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-472700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}