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Small, James M.; Vaala, Leslie D. – 1989
Between 1979 and 1987, there was a 73% increase in the number of students transferring from two-year colleges to universities in Alberta (Canada). Three recent studies investigated this rapid growth. The first study, conducted over a three-year period, explored whether a group of 50 transfer students were sufficiently prepared to succeed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1984
Drawing from a variety of sources, this paper reviews information on transfer education in the California community colleges. Section I provides a historical review of events surrounding the transfer function and identifies some of the questions about transfer education that have arisen since 1960. Section II presents and analyzes data concerning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Villa, Maryamber – 1981
Designed as a formal response to the Report of the Task Group on Retention and Transfer (HE 014 825), by Gerald Kissler, which is sharply critical of the community college transfer program, this report examines issues related to the transfer of community college students to the University of California (UC) and the California State Universities…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Articulation (Education), College Students
McIntyre, Chuck – 1984
In response to requests for information on transfer education in California, this report examines the number and rate of transfers from two- to four-year institutions, the ethnicity of transfer students, the academic performance of transfers, and questions remaining to be answered. After a summary of major study findings and background material,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Educational Trends
Download full textCalifornia State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1980
In response to a request from the California state legislature, a plan is proposed for obtaining information on the number of community college students eligible to transfer to the University of California and the California State University; the characteristics of those students who do and do not transfer; and the persistence and performance of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education)
Clagett, Craig A.; Huntington, Robin B. – 1990
Information gathered by the Maryland Higher Education Commission's (MHEC's) automated student tracking system is analyzed to assess the transfer rate and academic performance of Prince George's Community College (PGCC) transfers to four-year institutions in Maryland. The first section examines the number of transfers from PGCC, providing a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1991
Transfer rates from California's community colleges to the University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU) are reviewed, along with information on the upper-division performance of transfer students, the results of a pilot test of transfer centers at 20 community colleges, possible future trends in transfer, and problems…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Belcher, Marcia J.; Baldwin, Anne – 1991
Designed to facilitate the dissemination of information, particularly within Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC), this report consolidates transfer statistics on Florida's community colleges provided by several state sources. These sources include the annual Articulation Report published by the Division of Community Colleges, the annual State…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Associate Degrees, College Outcomes Assessment, College Transfer Students
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1981
This report summarizes the progress made between 1980 and 1981 in the implementation of a plan to gather a variety of information about community college transfer students in California. After background on the adoption of the plan is provided, its underlying assumptions and objectives are outlined. Next, progress made in ascertaining the number…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education)
