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ERIC Number: ED592245
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Jun
Pages: 21
Abstractor: ERIC
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Research Highlights from the Student Transitions Project
Heslop, Joanne
Student Transitions Project
The Student Transitions Project is British Columbia's collaborative research project that measures student success from the K-12 to post -secondary systems. This system-wide partnership, involving B.C.'s education and advanced education ministries and public postsecondary institutions, is tracking student success by reporting on student transition rates to postsecondary education, student mobility among post-secondary institutions, and post-secondary completion and retention rates. The Student Transitions Project (STP) has collected student enrollment data from fifteen recent grade 12 graduation cohorts and fifteen years of post-secondary registrants, since the project's inception in 2003. This newsletter provides the highlights of the latest research from the STP, with a focus on the first transitions of B.C. grade 12 graduates into B.C. public post-secondary education. The STP continues to be an important tool for tracking student transitions and mobility in B.C.'s education systems. The following research questions are addressed in this newsletter: (1) What proportion of B.C. grade 12 graduates enroll in BC. public post-secondary education?; (2) What are the trends in immediate and delayed entry transition rates?; (3) What are the trends in the number of grade 12 graduates and how does this affect the number of immediate-entry students each year?; (4) What is the cumulative transition rate for STP's first grade 12 graduation cohort 15 years after 2001/2002 graduation?; (5) What are the long-run trends in cumulative student transition rates?; (6) Do immediate-entry and delayed-entry students typically enrol in different institution types, and why?; (7) Do immediate-entry and delayed-entry students seek different post-secondary credentials when they first enrol in B.C.?; (8) Do immediate-entry and delayed-entry students enroll in different programs?; (9) What are the program-level trends for students entering B.C. public post-secondary institutions after grade 12 graduation?; (10) Do academic qualifications from high school influence time of post-secondary entry or type of institution and program enrolled in?; (11) What proportion of B.C. grade 12 graduates are retained in the B.C. system in the year following their first transition to B.C. public post-secondary education?; (12) Do students who enrol in post-secondary education in the same region as their high school have higher first-year retention rates?; (13) Are Language Arts 12 course grades good predictors of post-secondary retention?; (14) Are there any differences in the first-year retention rates and iGPA scores across post-secondary programs entered?; (15) What is the education progression of retained developmental students?; (16) What are the trends in the proportion of Bachelor's degrees awarded at each of the four institution types in B.C.?; (17) What are the student transition rates into B.C. public post-secondary education along various student demographic characteristics?; and (18) How do immediate-entry transition rates vary by region, school type and school district in B.C.?
Student Transitions Project. Available from: Ministry of Advanced Education. PO Box 9154 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC V8W 9H1. Tel: 250-387-3525; Web site: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/post-secondary-education/data-research/student-transitions-project
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Ministry of Advanced Education (British Columbia), Student Transitions Project
Identifiers - Location: Canada
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