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Higher Education Policymakers and Practitioners from the TransferBOOST Initiative  \nAn initiative by:  \nKatelyn DiBenedetto and Amanda Janice Roberson, IHEP Jessica Collis and Rachelle Sharpe, HCM Strategists  \nLara Couturier and Cristen Moore, Consultants for HCM Strategists With contributions from Katie Hagan, rpk Group, and  \nChristine Flanagan, Kinetic Seeds  \nApril 2023  \nTable of Contents  \nTable of Contents .................................................................................................................2  \nThe TransferBOOST Initiative...............................................................................................5  \nTransferBOOST State and Institutional Partners ..............................................................6  \nFive Lessons from the TransferBOOST Initiative ..............................................................6  \nLesson 1: Ensuring Equity in Transfer Student Outcomes Requires Consistency and Intentionality .................................................................................................................7  \nLesson 2: Serving Transfer Students Well is an Essential Enrollment Strategy ..................9  \nLesson 3: Institutions Can Make Pathways More Affordable and Improve their Own Financial Stability ................................................................................................................ 11  \nLesson 4: Partners Should Jointly Communicate the Pathway with an Emphasis on the Benefits ................................................................................................................... 14  \nLesson 5: Strong State and Institutional Partnerships Drive Transfer Work ..................... 18  \nUpdating the Status Quo Through Sustainable Transfer Pathways ................................... 21  \nAppendix ............................................................................................................................22  \nSample Messaging Framework .......................................................................................22  \nSample Joint Recruitment Email to Current Student ......................................................23  \nAcknowledgements .......................................................................................................... 24  \nOver half of all “good jobs”(full-time positions with family-sustaining wages and benefits) in today’s economy require a bachelor’s degree.1 Individuals with a college degree have greater employment opportunities, higher wages, and better access to benefits such as health care and retirement funds, 2 and  \ncollege graduates and their families benefit from the increased social and economic mobility that a degree affords.  \nResearch from the  Postsecondary Value Commission found that increasing the postsecondary attainment rates of Black, Latinx and/or Hispanic, Indigenous, and Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) 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