The vast majority of students who enroll in a two-year college intend to earn a bachelor's degree. However, only about 14% transfer and earn a bachelor's degree within six years (Jenkins & Fink, 2016). The need to increase the number of bachelor's degree holders (Torpey, 2018), and the increasing number of students beginning at two-year…

This dissertation examined the transfer experiences of students who exited the Community College of Baltimore County (Maryland) and transferred to Towson University during 1999. The research questions addressed the issues of the role of the community college in teacher preparation and how the institutions help or hinder the transfer of prospective…

This document is a report on 1999 and 2000 fall credit student analysis. The study surveyed approximately 100,000 credit students at over 300 community colleges. The report focuses on the reasons credit students enroll in community colleges and the different characteristics of credit students. The survey responses placed students in one of the six…

Articulation is a complex concept dealing with a wide variety of processes pertaining to admissions, scheduling, orientation, counseling, and many other areas and activities. Recent concern with articulation has generated conferences and new programs concerned with facilitating the transfer process. Some of the highlights are noted in this…

This report is an investigation of the validity of the conclusions reached in the first phase of this study (see JC 720 106 above). Three questionnaires were designed to collect information on the attitudes, backgrounds, and opinions of: (1) faculty in the mathematics, science and engineering-related occupational divisions of selected Illinois…

This report contains student data obtained from the 1999-2000 Transfer Program Graduate Follow-Up Survey at Parkland College (Illinois). The alumni were surveyed during the summer following graduation. Results include: (1) about 89% of the students studied attended Parkland with an intent to transfer to a four-year university or college; (2)…

This report presents the results of the Survey of Advising and Admissions Personnel on Administrative Systems Related to Transfer questionnaire as prepared by the British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer's Task Force on Standards and Processes. Responses from 98 individual counselors were received. By far the most common type of…

Summarizes survey results of students in college-to-university transfer program. Distinguishes between persisters and nonpersisters to identify attrition factors. Nonpersisters (10 percent of whole) were found indistinguishable, except in having recognized "stepping out" as an option. Confirms value of transfer programs. Offers suggestions for…

Presents the results of a collaborative research project conducted by a community college and a university, which obtained information and students' perceptions about academic preparation, the transfer process, and experiences from a cohort of students who earned 12 or more units at the college and then transferred to the university. (Contains 15…

Describes a study of transfer students attending a large university in western Canada, which investigated students' satisfaction with their community college and university experiences, their academic success, and reasons students were glad they had begun at the two-year college or wished they had begun at the university. (DMM)

Presents an annotated bibliography of literature that shows how community college transfer students adjust to the different cultural and academic environment of four-year institutions. Suggests what community college faculty and administrators can do to prepare their students for the adjustment. Cites nine books and articles. (AUTH/NB)

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…

This is a study of the views of Cerritos College (California) administrators, staff, and students about the college, its mission, and goal attainment. The study charts the influences of a large scale mission-defining, image-enhancing campaign launched by the administration to place emphasis on the college's transfer mission. The President's…

The Center for the Study for Community Colleges has examined community colleges in terms of the transfer function for over two decades, initiating the Transfer Assembly project in 1989 to collect hard, comparative data on transfer outcomes. In fall 1995, California's Cerritos College approached the Center for assistance in increasing its transfer…

Prompted by concern over the low transfer rates of Black and Latino two-year college students in California, a study was conducted at the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) to examine the influence that student and institutional characteristics have on the access of CCSF's Black and Latino students to four-year colleges. Questionnaires were…