About TAP

Mission

The Santa Barbara City College Transfer Achievement Program (TAP) is a support program within the University Transfer Center designed to assist all students including who are underrepresented who are planning to transfer to a four-year college or university. TAP's goal is to provide students with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions in their development of a plan that ensures a successful transition from SBCC to a four-year university.

Vision

To address the challenges facing transfer students at SBCC. The program’s major objectives are:- To increase the number and proportion of program members including those who are underrepresented students who commit to transfer as an educational goal;- To increase the number of program members including those who are underrepresented students who complete the transfer-related activities as outlined by the TAP Counselors- To increase the number of program members including those who are underrepresented students who apply for, receive acceptance to, and enroll in a four-year institution- To increase high school, community, and four-year institution involvement and collaboration in the delivery of pre-transfer out-reach/in-reach, support, and transition services.

Goals

TAP provides an integrated and cohesive set of services to all students including who are underrepresented and have the potential to transfer to four-year institutions.  Our program has had a direct and demonstrated effect on students in the areas of access, retention, and completion of transfer. TAP's two major premises are: increasing student involvement and responsibility in transfer-related activity will increase student persistence and goal attainment and that collaboration among students and among college services will increase transfer rates more so than would individual and fragmented efforts. With these premises as its foundation, TAP efforts have resulted in a significant increase in student involvement in transfer-related activities, improved academic progress, and increased transfer rates of program members including those who areunderrepresented students at SBCC.