Transition and belonging for lateral transfer students commuting to campus

Limited research has been conducted on community college (CC) transfer students’ (TS) experiences in four-year universities, particularly in Asian contexts. To fill this research gap, in this qualitative study, 124 TS from various disciplines in a Hong Kong university participated in 39 focus groups and seven individual interviews. Unlike their Western counterparts, our TS were relatively better prepared and more academically adaptive. Nevertheless, their social integration was restricted by a lack of time for extra-curricular activities, a sense of inferiority and incompetence, and restricted social circles that did not enable interaction with non-TS. These challenges and their implications are discussed. In particular, this study has highlighted differences between the special education systems for CC transfer in Hong Kong and those in Western CC models. The study has also highlighted the study-induced stress, and poor self-perceptions that TS experience, despite their academic abilities.

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Advancing Gender Equity and Sense of Belonging in Computing: Are Documented Best Practices Representative of Upward Transfer Students?

Community College Journal of Research and Practice ◽

10.1080/10668926.2021.1896396 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-21

Author(s):

Jennifer M. Blaney ◽

Julia Barrett

Keyword(s):

Best Practices ◽

Transfer Students ◽

Gender Equity ◽

Sense Of Belonging ◽

Upward Transfer

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Predictors of transfer behaviours in adult university students

Journal of Adult and Continuing Education ◽

10.1177/1477971421992786 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 147797142199278

Author(s):

Charlie Potter

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Adult Learners ◽

Adult Students ◽

Transfer Students ◽

Quantitative Methods ◽

High School Graduates ◽

College Completion ◽

Enrollment Patterns ◽

Adult Transfer

Adult students are critical to addressing the college completion crisis. Retention and completion for adults lags behind students who enter college directly from high school. However, higher education has largely been built around service to younger high school graduates, and institutions are slow to change. A shift in focus to accommodate the needs and interests of adult learners will require additional research regarding the enrollment patterns and behaviours of adult students. This study uses quantitative methods and the Beginning Postsecondary Students 12/14 dataset to consider the role of transfer in the experience of the adult learner, with specific attention to the characteristics, demographics and experiences of adult transfer students as well as the predictors of reverse and lateral transfer behaviour in adult student populations.

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The Last Chance: A Program for Transfer Students with Low GPA'S

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Western College Reading Association ◽

10.1080/24699365.1980.11669731 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 35-41

Author(s):

Carol Dochen ◽

De Johnson

Keyword(s):

Transfer Students

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Δ14C PEAKS APPEARING IN EARLYWOOD AND LATEWOOD TREE RINGS (AD 770–780) IN NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA

Radiocarbon ◽

10.1017/rdc.2020.108 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

J H Park ◽

J Southon ◽

JW Seo ◽

P P Creasman ◽

W Hong ◽

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Keyword(s):

Tree Rings ◽

High Latitude ◽

Pinus Edulis ◽

Lateral Transfer ◽

Late Winter ◽

National Monument ◽

Small Rise ◽

Pinyon Pine

ABSTRACT The AD 775 peak in Δ14C (henceforth, M12) was first measured by Miyake et al. and has since been confirmed globally. Here we present earlywood and latewood Δ14C values from tree rings of pinyon pine (Pinus edulis) from Mummy Cave, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Chinle, Arizona, USA, for the period AD 770–780. These data reconfirm the timing of M12 and show a small rise in Δ14C in AD 774 latewood. Allowing for the delay in lateral transfer of radiocarbon produced at high latitude, this suggests that 14C peak production occurred in late winter or spring of AD 774. Additionally, Δ14C decreased slightly in the earlywood of AD 775 and increased in the latewood of AD 775 to a higher level than that observed in AD 774.

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