States that disagreements over whom should be counted as a transfer student or potential transfer student render it almost impossible to determine a national rate of students transferring from community colleges to the four-year sector. Urges administrators to improve on tracking the various types of community college transfers in order to yield a…

Examines the discussion surrounding the establishment of a reliable transfer rate measure by outlining the major arguments advanced by scholars and researchers in the field. Discusses traditional models of calculating transfer rates, their strengths and weaknesses, and introduces nontraditional transfer rate models. (24 citations) (AJL)

Discusses the difficulty in obtaining transfer rates due to the disagreement over definitions of "transfer." Compares different options to show how manipulating the pool of eligible transfer students influences transfer rates. Describes transfer-ready models for calculating transfer eligibility rate, as well as the Student Right-to-Know formula.…