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IHEP Jessica Collis and Rachelle Sharpe, HCM Strategists  \nLara Couturier and Cristen Moore, Consultants for HCM Strategists  \nApril 2023  \nTable of Contents  \nTable of Contents ................................................................................................................2  \nTransferBOOST State and Institutional Partners ..............................................................3  \nTransferBOOST State and Institutional Partners ..............................................................4  \nQualities to Look for in State Leads ..................................................................................7  \nState Leads ...................................................................................................................... 7  \nCommunity College and Four-Year Institution Implementation Teams ............................7  \nLessons Learned from Establishing Community College and Four-Year Institution Implementation Teams ....................................................................................................8  \nAdvisory Committee .........................................................................................................9  \nReflect on a Set of Framing Questions ............................................................................ 11  \nUnderstand the Relevant Policy Areas ............................................................................. 11  \nExamine Institution-Level Data to Illuminate Inequities in Access, Retention, and Completion Rates ........................................................................................................... 13  \nExamine Transfer Rates to Illuminate Inequities ............................................................ 14  \nSelect the Transfer Pathway(s ) Based on the Data ......................................................... 14  \nGoals and Metrics Checklist ............................................................................................ 16  \nBegin with the Future in Mind to Promote Robust and Sustainable Partnerships ........... 16  \nAcknowledgements ........................................................................................................... 18  \nAppendix A: State and Institution Policy Checklists ......................................................... 19  \nAppendix B: Data Collection Guidance for Transfer Partnerships ....................................37  \nEarly Impact Indicators Related to Student Behaviors, Experiences, and Outcomes .....37  \nInstitutional Indicators Related to Communication Strategies .......................................38  \nState Indicators Related to Communication Strategies ................................................ 40  \nEndnotes ........................................................................................................................... 41  \nClear supports and equitable and affordable pathways to complete a degree across multiple institutions have never been more urgent. Ongoing health and economic crises continue to disproportionately impact Black, Latinx and/or Hispanic, Indigenous, and Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) students, students from low-income backgrounds, and women1—many of whom are more likely to start their postsecondary education at a community college,2 and who also still face barriers that not only impede their successful transfer between two-year and four-year institutions but also their completion of a bachelor’s degree.3  \nTransferBOOST (Bachelor’s Opportunity Options that are Straightforward and Transparent), a pilot initiative the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) and HCM Strategists (HCM), launched in 2021, involved partnerships across three states at 24 institutions to address transfer challenges. 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