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Rachel Baker; Elizabeth Friedmann; Michal Kurlaender – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2023
The transfer between two-year and four-year colleges is a critical path to baccalaureate attainment. Yet students face a number of barriers in transfer pathways, including a lack of coherent coordination and articulation between their community colleges and four-year institutions, resulting in excess units and increased time to degree. In this…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Colleges, Transfer Programs, College Transfer Students
Rachel Baker; Elizabeth Friedmann; Michal Kurlaender – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
The transfer between two-year and four-year colleges is a critical path to baccalaureate attainment. Yet, students face a number of barriers in transfer pathways, including a lack of coherent coordination and articulation between their community colleges and four-year institutions, resulting in excess units and increased time to degree. In this…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Colleges, Transfer Programs, College Transfer Students
Senecal, Molly Frances – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The introduction of SB-1440 in 2010, also known as the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act, appeared to be an opportunity for California educators and policy makers to address the achievement gap among community college students with the introduction of the streamlined associate degree for transfer (ADT) (Padilla, 2010). If implemented…
Descriptors: Two Year Colleges, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Associate Degrees
Shorette, Rob; Byrd, Daniel – Campaign for College Opportunity, 2016
Our new report, "Keeping the Promise: Going the Distance on Transfer Reform," has found significant improvements in the creation of a seamless transfer pathway between California Community Colleges and the California State Universities (CSU) since the passage of historic transfer reform legislation, SB1440, six years ago. This report…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Transfer Policy, Transfer Programs, Transfer Rates (College)
Pingel, Sarah – Education Commission of the States, 2014
The outcomes states gain from investing in postsecondary financial aid programs remain hotly debated, leading to great interest in developing programs that are both cost-effective and productive in helping states meet goals. In the 2012-13 academic year, states collectively provided approximately $11.2 billion in financial aid to students enrolled…
Descriptors: State Aid, Student Financial Aid, Postsecondary Education, College Students
Laroche, Jonnah J., Ed. – Forum, 1981
Designed as a forum for the exchange and dissemination of ideas and viewpoints of California community college faculty, this journal offers six brief articles on various aspects of 2-year college education. In "Academic Standards and the Open Door," Leon Baradat asserts that community colleges must reverse the trend toward decreased…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Compliance (Legal)