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Peer reviewedBrawer, Florence B. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1991
Presents the definition of transfer proposed by the Center for the Study of Community Colleges. Reviews research utilizing this definition to establish transfer rates from two- to four-year colleges. Underscores the value of a consistent definition of transfer, urging community colleges to collect and report their own transfer data. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Data Collection, Definitions
Download full textCohen, Arthur M.; And Others – 1988
The Urban Community Colleges Transfer Opportunities Program (UCCTOP) was initiated in 1983 to stimulate the transfer of minority students from community colleges to universities. Collecting data on the effects of the UCCTOP activities proved to be one of the most difficult aspects of the project as community colleges typically do not have reliable…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Data Collection, Minority Groups
Williams, Dana Nicole, Ed. – 1990
In March 1990, the Center for the Study of Community Colleges in Los Angeles hosted a Transfer Assembly as part of an on-going effort to stabilize the imprecise definitions and data relating to student transfers from community colleges to four-year institutions. This report provides excerpts from six of the presentations given to the assembly.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Articulation (Education), College Role, College Transfer Students
Cohen, Arthur M. – 1987
A major reason for the paucity of usable data on the contributions and effectiveness of community colleges is that the definitions on which the data are based are imprecise. Colleges' contributions might be better understood if their functions were reconceptualized. The collegiate dimension of community colleges (i.e, that portion of the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Curriculum, College Role, Community Colleges
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1984
This supplementary report presents testimony on the community college transfer function given to the California Postsecondary Education Commission's Ad Hoc Committee on Community College Transfer. First, Paul Elsner discusses developments related to transfer and articulation with four-year institutions within the Maricopa Community College…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Cohen, Arthur M. – 1984
This discussion of the transfer function of California's community colleges focuses on the problems of obtaining reliable information, research findings on factors affecting transfer success, and ways of accurately assessing transfer rates. After affirming the importance of the transfer function of community colleges, the paper examines flaws and…
Descriptors: College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Data Collection
California 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)
Cohen, Arthur M. – 1992
Issues surrounding the transfer function of California's community colleges are analyzed in this report. First, a historical overview is provided of the role of community colleges, their relationship to the California State University and the University of California systems, and expectations concerning transfer. Next, problems associated with…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Data Collection
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)
