This study investigates various aspects of the process of transferring to Memphis State University (MSU) as perceived by the transfer student, develops information which could be utilized in evaluating the processes of transfer to MSU, and provides a basis for further study. A random sample of 126 students was selected as subjects for individual…

This report presents information in two parts about six categories of students. The first section of Part I deals with the migration of all students attending all institutions. The second section presents information about all students attending publicly controlled institutions, and the third section presents information about all students…

This study investigated the mobility of undergraduate college students between Washington colleges and universities fall, 1971. Data were taken from Table 1 of the Higher Education Enrollment Projection (HEEP) model report forms. HEEP data reports transfers on a fall to fall basis whereas this study has recorded transfers on a spring to fall…

This report provides 1968-69 baseline data regarding the extent to which pupils change schools (within or between school districts) during the school year. The report begins by establishing the national magnitude of pupil mobility among public schools. Data show (1) the total number of pupil moves, (2) the moves of elementary and secondary pupils,…

Discusses the effects of relocation on children's social and academic adjustment. Describes two programs for helping integrate new students into the schools as well as other techniques for parents and counselors. Includes suggested readings for children and adults. (JAC)

Using an individual panel data set to control for student fixed effects, we estimate the impact of charter schools on students in charter schools and in nearby traditional public schools. We find that students make considerably smaller achievement gains in charter schools than they would have in public schools. The large negative estimates of the…

This study examined the extent of student mobility in Alberta, Canada, its relationship to individual student achievement, and its effect on school performance on achievement tests, using data from Alberta Learning. A strong and clear relationship was found between number of school changes and performance on achievement tests in all courses and at…

This book explores the consequences of the abandonment of formal tracking systems in U.S. high schools, and how or whether this dramatic change provided students with the educational opportunity and mobility previously denied them. Drawing on nationally representative data and sophisticated methodologies, this book examines how the contemporary…

The international TEMPUS (Trans-European Co-operating and Mobility Scheme for Higher Education between Central/Eastern Europe and European Union) project lasted from 1995-1997. In the framework of TEMPUS, a material and knowledge background was developed in order to ensure the education of the branch Geological Engineering with specialization in…

Consensual qualitative research was used to examine school interventions that were perceived to help stabilize highly mobile schools and their families. This study focuses on the types of programs implemented as well as the effective program components that encouraged families to remain affiliated with a school. Five principals, 10 counselors, and…

This listing is a supplement to "A Study of Student Mobility in Texas Public Schools" (Texas Education Agency), a study that examined the magnitude of student mobility in Texas public schools by reporting how many students were moving, when and where they moved, and which students moved. The study clarified the relationships between…

This study explores the effects of residential mobility on the adaptation of college students. (Author)

The investigation is the result of a desire to ascertain the geographic-job mobility of and the relationship between graduates in electronics and drafting design. A number of relationships within and among the mobility factors were identified as well as between the mobility factors and job characteristics. (Author)

Students entering Kansas State University as freshmen in 1974 were tracked through nine consecutive semesters to learn about their graduation rate, migration between colleges of the university, retention patterns, and relationships among graduation and ACT scores and first semester grade point averages. Results are presented and discussed. (MSE)

Foster children face many obstacles to academic achievement. In addition to low educational achievement, they may have high rates of school mobility and experience long delays when transferring schools. Sources of these transfers and delays include numerous residential movements and lack of coordination between child welfare and school…