Let’s Keep the “College” in our Community Colleges: Mathematics for College Transfer

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

Community College Review ◽

10.1177/0091552118772649 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 46 (3) ◽

pp. 231-256 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

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

10.18665/sr.315695 ◽

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.

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