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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"community college transfer student"”.
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Community college transfer student identity, development and engagement: a constructivist grounded theory approach
… grounded theory study was to explore community college transfer student identity, development, and engagement at four-year institutions due to the lack of literature in these areas. Relational maps and interview questions were crafted as part of the research design to explore meaning …
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Can I Make It at the Big U? Community College Transfer Student Stories
… of questions for high school counselors, and community college and university educators and administrators. Additional areas for qualitative and quantitative research are identified that included case studies, survey research, and evaluative research.
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An examination of the high-achieving community college transfer student at a research university
… academic success (GPA 3.0 or greater) of certain community college transfer students at a research university. The data for this study were collected in the Spring of 1990 using the population of Maryland community college transfer students enrolling at the University of Maryland, College Park for …
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Becoming Transfer Friendly: Evaluating Four-Year Higher Education Institution Strategies to Support Community College Transfer Student Success
… institutions (HEIs) nationwide must become more transfer friendly so that more community college transfer (CCT) students persist and complete their bachelor’s degrees, as a path to more students’ economic mobility and to equity across communities. This study aims to provide learnings to support …
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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
<p>Despite impressive 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 …
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A comparison of the defining characteristics of college-level course work between and among English and mathematics faculty at a community college and a university
The lack of a working definition for college-level course work affects the transfer of credit which means that a community college transfer student may have to repeat one or more courses at the four-year institution or may have to take more than the required number of courses to obtain a …
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Timing is Everything: A Comparative Study of the Adjustment Process of Fall and Mid-Year Community College Transfer Students at a Public Four-Year University
Many four-year institutions accept community college transfer students at mid-year (i.e., second semester) to recuperate declines in fall semester enrollments (Britt & Hirt, 1999). Students entering mid-year may face unique challenges adjusting and find that the institutional support to assist in …