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…

In Texas, as in other states, fewer than a quarter of the students earning associate degrees end up applying to universities. The eventual result is widespread underemployment and a stagnating work force that doesn't keep up with population growth. However, Texas educators are trying to change that with two ambitious programs--one aimed at college…

The transfer student phenomenon in higher education is as increasingly complex as the transfer students causing the phenomenon. The collection of narratives in this study reflected transfer experiences of theatre students who were navigating the educational pipeline from community colleges to four-year institutions to major in the theatre…

Of the 142 students graduating from Crowley's Ridge College since 1964, 94 have transferred to senior college and, of these, 55 have completed one or more semesters at the senior institution, after completion of a unique concentrated program, which enables a student to do an entire academic year's work in 24 weeks at CRC. The purpose of this study…

THIS DOCUMENT IS IN THREE PARTS--(1) GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE STATE UNIVERSITY INCLUDES ADMISSION POLICY, APPLICATION PROCEDURES, TRANSFER OF CREDITS, HOUSING VISITATION PROGRAM, AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. (2) THE GENERAL UNIVERSITY GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS ARE DESCRIBED, AND, FOR EACH WASHINGTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ACCEPTABLE COURSES…

This document is in three parts--(1) general information about Washington State University, including admission policy, application procedures, transfer of credits, housing, visitation program, military training (ROTC), and scholarships and loans; (2) the general university graduation requirements and, for each Washington community college,…

THESE PROCEEDINGS REFLECT THE UNIVERSITY'S GROWING CONCERN FOR THE TRANSFER STUDENT AND AN AWARENESS OF CERTAIN PROBLEMS THAT CAN BE COOPERATIVELY SOLVED. THE TRANSFER STUDENT'S STATUS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AS STATE AND PROFESSIONAL GROUPS WORK TO INCREASE THE NUMBER AND QUALITY OF JUNIOR COLLEGES. WHILE EFFECTS OF CURRICULUM CHANGES ON THE…

THE AUTHORS PRESENT A SET OF SPECIFIC GUIDELINES WITHIN A FRAMEWORK OF FIVE PRINCIPLES. (1) MAXIMUM FREEDOM TO TRANSFER SHOULD BE PRESERVED FOR STUDENTS WHO MAKE SATISFACTORY JUNIOR COLLEGE RECORDS. ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE PLACE OF HIGH SCHOOL RECORDS, TEST SCORES, INSTITUTIONAL GRADE DIFFERENTIALS, FLEXIBILITY, AND METHODS OF COMPUTING GRADE…

This study asserts that 2-year institutions, which of necessity establish a pragmatic philosophy of concern for the immediate, must examine their goals and direction. The study hopes to clarify the philosophical debate between the transfer and the career function of the 2-year institution. The fundamental question is whether a single-purpose…

Discusses the problem of junior college transfer and seeks ways to standardize senior college requirements. (GB)

Author feels that the move to standardize transfer requirements should be careful not discourage innovation and individualization in junior college journalism courses. (GB)

THESE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS INCLUDE A SUMMARY OF ATTITUDES, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT, CONCERNING LIBERAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, WITH SPECULATION ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS. THE PROBLEMS OF TRANSFER FROM THE JUNIOR TO THE SENIOR COLLEGE ARE CONSIDERED IN SOME DETAIL BY REPRESENTATIVES OF BOTH INSTITUTIONS, PARTICULARLY ON SUCH POINTS AS COURSE CONTENT…

The purpose of this report is to provide background information on states that have implemented common and fully-transferable general education core curricula. Following a brief review of the literature, the results of a survey of selected states' Websites are summarized. The literature review includes a summary of major issues and contemporary…

GROWING ATTENTION TO ARTICULATION AMONG JUNIOR AND SENIOR COLLEGES HAS RESULTED FROM THE INCREASED NUMBER OF COLLEGES, RECOGNITION OF PROBLEMS OF TRANSFER STUDENTS, AND ENROLLMENT PRESSURES AT ALL LEVELS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. EFFECTIVE ARTICULATION REQUIRES WIDESPREAD KNOWLEDGE ABOUT TRANSFER STUDENTS, BASED UPON RESEARCH DATA. ALTHOUGH "TRANSFER…