Connor, K. A., & Chouikha, M. F., & Velez-Reyes, M., & Sullivan, B. J., & Berhane, B. T., & Klein, M., & Gullie, K. A., & Muskett, M. (2024, June), Board 87: Work in Progress: The 2TO4 Project - Facilitated Transition from 2-Year to 4-Year Electrical and Computer Engineering Studies  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. https://peer.asee.org/48387

\bibitem{asee_peer_48387}
  Connor, K. A., \& Chouikha, M. F., \& Velez-Reyes, M., \& Sullivan, B. J., \& Berhane, B. T., \& Klein, M., \& Gullie, K. A., \& Muskett, M. (2024, June), \emph{Board 87: Work in Progress: The 2TO4 Project - Facilitated Transition from 2-Year to 4-Year Electrical and Computer Engineering Studies}
  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Portland, Oregon.
  https://peer.asee.org/48387

Kenneth A Connor, Mohamed F. Chouikha, Miguel Velez-Reyes, Barry J. Sullivan, Bruk T Berhane, Michelle Klein, Kathy Ann Gullie, and Milford Muskett.  "Board 87: Work in Progress: The 2TO4 Project - Facilitated Transition from 2-Year to 4-Year Electrical and Computer Engineering Studies".  2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 2024, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2024.  https://peer.asee.org/48387 Internet.  30 Jul, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_48387}
  Kenneth A Connor, Mohamed F. Chouikha, Miguel Velez-Reyes, Barry J. Sullivan, Bruk T Berhane, Michelle Klein, Kathy Ann Gullie, and Milford Muskett.
  "Board 87: Work in Progress: The 2TO4 Project - Facilitated Transition from 2-Year to 4-Year Electrical and Computer Engineering Studies".
  \emph{2024 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 2024, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2024.
  https://peer.asee.org/48387 Internet.  30 Jul, 2024

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The 2TO4 network of community colleges (CCs) consists of 20 sub-networks built around the 20 4-year HBCUs, HSIs and TCUs that form most of the core membership of XXX. Generally, a small number (1-3) of CCs located near a core member educate a few students who transfer to the local 4-year MSI ECE program. Some XXX core members have well-developed relationships with their local CCs and see much larger numbers of transfer students. The vision of 2TO4 is to double the total number of students following this pathway to their BS degree in ECE by sharing promising practices and providing robust transition support infrastructure and increased financial support for those CC students who should have MSIs on their radar as they complete their associate degrees. Participating CCs become members of XXX and engage in equitable partnerships with 4-year MSIs and PWIs, industry and DoD labs to implement the various building blocks of 2TO4. 
During the first year of this multi-year effort, a base version of 2TO4 was created. Program leadership connected with DoDSTEM and the other CC programs it funds, defining the parameters of 2TO4 1.0 (formalizing the relationship between MSI core members and their key local CCs), and began working through institutional challenges with the 60+ program partners. Regular meetings were scheduled, and a general communication infrastructure was rolled out. The first cohort of more than two dozen student participants was selected along with individual faculty and staff who create and deliver student support resources. A key element of 2TO4 is students supporting other students. Since all students were new to the program, a significant fraction of the first cohort includes students who have already transferred to their chosen 4-year school. Their experiences provide valuable insights on what works and what does not, and their stories are well received by their more junior peers. During the second year of the project, both the number of participating students is increasing substantially, and the support infrastructure and programs are expanding. In addition, project resources are being actively made available to facilitate the success of all transfer students at XXX core MSI members. 
In this first project phase, assessment is focused on the extent to which each programmatic component is implemented with fidelity and the program has built the necessary capacity to support students. Formative feedback from each participant is collected and student progress is tracked. Key to this stage of the project is building trust and equitable partnerships, along with making necessary programmatic changes. There is a lot for each partner to learn from the other program partners. 

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