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Peer reviewedLau, Matthew Y.; And Others – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1994
This study compared 26 students identified as gifted and talented who transferred to nonresident schools through Minnesota's Open Enrollment program with 60 transfer students not so identified. Academic and educational concerns were the main reasons gifted students chose to transfer. Few members of minority groups chose to transfer. Parental…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Free Choice Transfer Programs, Gifted
Download full textBanks, Debra L. – 1990
Community colleges are recognized today as critical links between high schools and four-year colleges. This paper presents a research model for understanding the transfer function and transfer performance at the level of the college. The model discusses the community college in terms of its capacity for institutionalizing functions and its overall…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Community Colleges, Educational Mobility, Environmental Influences
