scholarly journals Right in Your Backyard: Expanding Local Community College Transfer Pathways to High-Graduation-Rate Institutions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunny Chen ◽  
Emily Schwartz ◽  
Cindy Le ◽  
Elizabeth Davidson Pisacreta
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Transfer Students ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Community College Transfer ◽  
Prospective Students ◽  
College Transfer ◽  
School Students ◽  
Four Year Institutions

Each year, our country’s most selective four-year institutions invest significant resources to recruit talented high school students from across the country. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, admissions representatives traveled far and wide to convince these prospective students that the academic rigor, amenities, and opportunities at their institution are unparalleled. These students, mostly affluent and white, contemplate admission offers and consider moves to new locales to pursue their postsecondary plans. Yet, many of these selective institutions are overlooking a talented and diverse pool of students in their own backyard: transfer students from local community colleges.

Focusing on the Forgotten

2015 ◽  
pp. 94-124
Author(s):  
Stephanie M. Foote ◽  
Jeannine Kranzow ◽  
Sara E. Hinkle
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Transfer Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Transfer Student ◽  
Community College Transfer ◽  
College Transfer ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Student Transition ◽  
Four Year Institutions ◽  
First Time

Despite the increasing numbers of transfer students, particularly those transferring from two- to four-year institutions, campus programs and services continue to center on assisting first-year students who are entering higher education for the first time. This chapter brings transfer students, an often “forgotten” population, to light through the following: a review of the scholarship and research on community college transfer student transition and success, an examination of factors that affect that transition, and a description of innovative practices that respond to the need of this growing population. The information in this chapter can be used to develop campus programs and services to assist with the transfer student transition to four-year colleges and universities.

Assessing the Transition of Transfer Students from Community Colleges to a University

NASPA Journal ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph B Berger ◽  
Gary D. Malaney
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Transfer Students ◽  
Community College Transfer ◽  
College Transfer ◽  
Community College Transfer Students ◽  
Two Year College ◽  
Four Year Institutions ◽  
University Experience ◽  
The University ◽  
College Transfer Students

The purpose of this study was to examine how pretransfer experiences and preparation, along with posttransfer experiences, influence the adjustment of community college transfer students (as measured by academic achievement and satisfaction with various aspects of the university experience) to life on a four-year university campus. A survey of 372 community college transfer students attending a large, public four-year university provides empirical evidence that those students who are best informed and who have most actively prepared for transfer are most likely to achieve higher grades and be more satisfied in the university environment. The findings from this study also suggested that patterns of academic and social involvement shift as students move from two-year college settings to a four-year university. The article concludes with a discussion of strategies that can be instituted at both two and four-year institutions to assist community college transfer students in making a successful transition to a four-year college or university.

Early Integration and Other Outcomes for Community College Transfer Students

2013 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 370-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark M. D’Amico ◽  
Sandra L. Dika ◽  
Theodore W. Elling ◽  
Bob Algozzine ◽  
Donna J. Ginn
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Transfer Students ◽  
Community College Transfer ◽  
College Transfer ◽  
Early Integration ◽  
Community College Transfer Students ◽  
College Transfer Students

scholarly journals Facilitating Transfer Student Success: Exploring Sources of Transfer Student Capital

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casey Maliszewski Lukszo ◽  
Shannon Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Transfer Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Transfer Student ◽  
Community College Transfer ◽  
College Transfer ◽  
Community College Transfer Students ◽  
Descriptive Case Study

Objective: This study seeks to expand understanding of transfer student capital (TSC), including sources of TSC and how TSC is used by community college transfer students to navigate transfer to a public, 4-year institution. Method: Using the TSC framework, a descriptive case study design was employed. Data sources include 17 transfer student interviews, eight observations of pre-transfer meetings between students and advisors, and a review of documents. Data were analyzed inductively and deductively using a pattern matching coding technique. Results: Family and peers appear to be the most common way that students gain TSC to navigate the transfer process. High schools also provide critical transfer information to students. Transfer advisors and faculty either at community colleges or 4-year colleges sometimes provide important transfer information but serve in a critical role of building students’ self-efficacy for transfer rather than merely passing along transfer information. Contributions: This study indicates that high schools, family members, and peers are influential sources of TSC, in addition to previously well-understood sources, such as community college faculty and transfer advisors. This study introduces a new term, self-efficacy for transfer, and offers an expanded TSC conceptual model.

Collaboratively Clearing the Path to a Baccalaureate Degree: Identifying Effective 2- to 4-Year College Transfer Partnerships

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Di Xu ◽  
Florence Xiaotao Ran ◽  
John Fink ◽  
Davis Jenkins ◽  
Afet Dundar
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Transfer Students ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Institutional Performance ◽  
College Transfer ◽  
Residual Values ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Effective Transfer

Objective: This study develops an analytical framework for identifying effective partnerships between 2- and 4-year institutions that enable community college entrants to transfer to a 4-year institution and earn a bachelor’s degree in a timely fashion. Method: Using the individual term-by-term college enrollment and degree records from the National Student Clearinghouse for the entire 2007 fall cohort of first-time-in-college community college students nationwide, we use regressions to control for student and institutional characteristics in identifying effective partnerships in two steps: first, we identify community colleges with large residual values (better than expected outcomes); and second, we identify the 4-year partners of those community colleges with large residual values. Results: Descriptive results on the variation in transfer outcomes among the thousands of unique transfer partnerships nationally are presented alongside results from regressions used in the two-step effective transfer partnership identification. Contributions: Recommendations and considerations for using this framework to evaluate and benchmark institutional performance in supporting the academic success of vertical transfer students for baccalaureate attainment are also discussed.

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