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Pizarro Milian, Roger; Einmann, Trisha; Bader, Danielle; Walters, David; Brown, Robert S.; Parekh, Gillian – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
The development of cost-efficient pathways is a topic of increasing political and scholarly interest across many North American jurisdictions. It has been suggested that 'seamless' transfer pathways can provide financial savings to both students and taxpayers. However, such claims are typically based on hypothetical cost calculations, as opposed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Student Loan Programs, Paying for College
British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2016
"Advising" consists of those activities and tasks that result in providing information to students. British Columbia's (BC) post-secondary education has evolved over the past number of years and student advising has changed along with it. Post-secondary institutions are currently challenged to increase student engagement, improve…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Advising, Postsecondary Education, Literature Reviews
Pardy, Linda – British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2016
The term "advising" has been used by various areas within post-secondary education institutions in British Columbia (BC) and across Canada to describe a variety of activities and tasks that result in providing information to students. The postsecondary education environment in BC has evolved over the past number of years and student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Advising, Postsecondary Education, Literature Reviews
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
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Wermers, Donald J. – 1972
The achievements of junior college transfer students, four year college transfer students and native juniors as measured by the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) are compared in this study. The data indicated that junior college transfers rank lower than four-year college transfers and natives in academic ability and socioeconomic status.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, College Students, College Transfer Students
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