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ERIC Number: ED674161
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jan
Pages: 110
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
Transfer Students Profile & Performance: Profile and Performance of BC Transfer Students (2018/19-2022/23)
Albert Wong; Nora Franzova; Samata Bajracharya
British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer
Roughly every five years, the British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) publishes a report on the demographic characteristics of transfer students and their post-transfer academic performance. Using data collected at the BC public universities, this report examines pathways and performance of transfer students from the BC Transfer System institutions into BC's public universities for the period 2018/19 to 2022/23 academic year. of transfer students from the BC Transfer System institutions into BC's public universities for the period 2018-19 to 2022-23 academic year. BCCAT has commissioned similar studies and reporting for the last 35 years (Plaid Consulting, 2000; Lambert-Maberly, 2005; Tikina, 2015), with the previous edition completed in 2020. Results of these studies have been used in education research and academic program development in the province of British Columbia. Sending institutions of transfer students, primarily colleges, teaching intensive universities, and institutes with two-year transfer programs, use the report for program and curriculum development, student recruitment, and programs for student success. Universities receiving these students have used the information to fine-tune admission requirements, program planning, and success evaluation. Through the results of the studies, education researchers gain understanding of the transfer student population and the transfer environment in BC. They can also use the results to compare the BC system with other similar systems in Canada or the United States. Before the 2010s, a typical transfer pathway took students from a BC college, institute or teaching-intensive university to a research-intensive university. The current knowledge of pathways (for example, Heslop, 2023) indicates that student's movement is more complex, and all BC public universities receive transfer students. Thus, the scope of the current study was extended to include all BC's public universities. Capilano University (CapU), Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), and the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) chose to participate in addition to the six universities of the Research University Council of BC (RUCBC) that had participated in earlier studies. Unlike the previous similar study (Plaid, 2020), UBC data were split by campus and are shown separately for UBC-Vancouver (UBCV) and UBC-Okanagan (UBCO). To ensure that this report can be compared easily with those from previous studies, we continue to focus on the overall success of transfer students following their transfer to BC public universities. The performance trends of transfer students are also compared with those of the direct entry students given that the demographics and educational journeys of these two groups of students are different. Where data were available from the receiving universities, they were included in the analysis, graphs and tables. To ensure ready comparisons, the structure of the report follows the organization in the previous editions. The report begins an overview of the research project and contains three sections: (1) Section 1. The analysis of transfer student demographics and pathways, a comparison of the academic performance of direct entry students and transfer students, and a comparison of participation and performance of transfer students and direct entry students in specific courses; (2) Section 2 contains detailed data tables that supported the analysis in Section 1; and (3) Appendices. The data definitions, the scope, and the methodology of the project are described in detail in Appendix A. Course-level data are shown in Appendices B-G for courses that are typically are required for programs and which have high enrolment of transfer students.
British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer. 709-555 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 3H6, Canada. Tel: 604-412-7700; Fax: 604-683-0576; e-mail: info@bccat.ca; Web site: http://www.bccat.ca
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) (Canada)
Identifiers - Location: Canada
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