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Showing 1 to 20 of 86 for “"Transfer students"”.
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Achievement Study of Negro Elementary Transfer Students
… of this study was to find out to what extent the transfer program has benefited participating students. The hypothesis was that Negro elementary students participating in the transfer program would make more academic progress by 1968 than would Negro elementary students from the same home schools …
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Predictors of Academic Performance of Transfer Students At Southwest Missouri State University
… institutions with carefully examining the transfer process. This study explores the predictive capabilities of four variables that were hypothesized to be related to the academic success of transfer students at Southwest Missouri State University (SMSU). In stepwise regressions, …
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Iowa's community college transfer students, 1996-2000: demographics, graduation, and retention rates
… study compares Iowa community college (CC) transfer students who transferred to one of Iowa's three Regent universities in the fall of 1996 to students who started at one of the Iowa Regent universities in 1994 and who were still attending such university in the fall of 1996 (referred to as …
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Understanding the Engagement of Transfer Students in Four-year Institutions: A national study
… purpose of this study is to examine whether transfer status and type matter for student engagement and if so, what student characteristics affect this relationship. Data from senior students at four-year institutions across the United States who completed the National Survey for Student …
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The academic performances of community college transfer students at Eastern Washington University (EWU)
<p>This thesis assesses the academic progress of transfer students at Eastern Washington University. Over %60 of college graduates attend multiple institutions (United States Department of Education, 2006) and more than %70 of Washington students attend a technical or community college before …
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Transfer transitions : first semester experiences of transfer students at selected Texas Christian universities.
This study examined the experiences of new transfer students in the Fall semester of 2005 at three Christian universities. The research focused on determining the variables that predicted transfer students' successful transition and persistence during their first semester at these universities. …
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Predicting the Academic Success of Transfer Students During the First Year of College
The majority of the research conducted to date on transfer student academic success compares transfer students with first-year freshmen or native students (Belcheir, 1999, 2001; Carlan, 2001; Cohen & Brawer, 1987; Cope & Hannah, 1975; Eimers & Mullen, 1997; Glass & Harrington, 2002; Keeley & House, …
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Factors that influence transfer students' success in Iowa State University's journalism and communication program
… the demographic and academic profiles of students who transferred to the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University. The three-part questionnaire sent out in an e-mail census of all transfer students in the School by the end of AY 2005-2006 also assessed the …
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From Community College to Degree: Examining the Success of Undocumented Community College Transfer Students
… academic trajectories of 31 undocumented Latinx students in California who began their postsecondary education at community colleges and graduated from 4-year institutions. Guided by the undocumented community of trust model, which integrates Yosso’s (2005) community cultural wealth framework, …
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Validating the Experiences of Male Mexican American Community College Transfer Students Studying at Catholic Universities
… composed mostly of Hispanic/Latinos and Asian students in order to meet the educational needs of community college transfer students (CCTSs). Avoiding the issue will result in continued neglect of CCTS within public and private institutions; possible outcomes include delayed graduation and …
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Black and Hispanic Male Transfer Students' Experiences of Persistence at a Four-Year Research Institution
… still exists between White and minority students in America. Many people of color are unemployed and continue to experience high poverty rates compared to the non-Hispanic White population. The racial minority population continues to be disproportionately underrepresented in higher …
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An Investigation Of Student Success Between Associate Of Arts And Non Associate Of Arts Transfer Students
… probation, and persistence of community college transfer students admitted to the University of Central Florida in the 2001-2002 academic year (N = 5283). The literature review found that the majority of studies related to transfer student success compared transfer students to native university …
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An investigation of the student experiences and institutional practices affecting spring-semester community college transfer students
… present research conducted on community college transfer students has focused on students who transfer at the start of the fall semester. However, many four-year institutions also admit transfer students to matriculate in the spring semester. These students enroll mid-year and generally do not …
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Credit Loss for Engineering Transfer Students: In-depth analyses and visualizations of patterns across students and structures
… Academy of Engineering recommends building transfer pathways from community colleges to universities to meet this goal. Much research has focused broadly on curriculum alignment, articulation policies, and academic advising to ease the transfer pathway in efforts to reduce credit loss, which …
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An application of investment theory of community college transfer students to understand bachelor degree completion and the role of articulation agreement
… AACC further reports a headcount of 12.4 million students based on Fall 2013 data. Nearly half of all undergraduate students are enrolled in two-year public institutions, thus recognizing the significant role that community colleges play in the landscape of higher education. The purpose of this …
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Exploring Community College Stigma: A Phenomenology of the Lived Experience for Community College Transfer Students Attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst
… statistics related to community college transfer student achievement, negative perceptions and stigma attached to attending community college persist. The problem addressed by this phenomenological study is the community college stigma experience for transfer students attending the most …
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Predicting the academic performance of Virginia community college transfer students to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University using academic and non-academic background characteristics
… about the performance of community college (CC) students who transfer from community to senior institutions. This concern has led to considerable research, most of which has shown that CC grade point average (GPA) declined in the first year of student transfer from one-half to a full point, a …
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