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Direct linkLawrence, Matthew – American Educational Research Journal, 2016
Researchers and policymakers argue that expanding college access is one way to increase opportunities for students who would become the first in their families to enroll in a postsecondary institution. This article uses measures of educational attainment in the previous two generations to consider whether parents' own histories of educational…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, Educational Mobility, First Generation College Students
Download full textBritish Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2009
This report presents the results of an analysis of admissions and transfer data from the 2008 British Columbia (BC) Diploma, Associate Degree, and Certificate Student Outcomes (DACSO) Survey (formerly the BC College and Institute Student Outcomes Survey). This province-wide survey contacted former students 9 to 20 months after they completed all,…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Public Colleges, Educational Mobility, College Admission
British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2006
This report presents the results of an analysis of admissions and transfer data from the 2005 British Columbia (BC) College and Institute Student Outcomes Survey. A number of issues related to the admissions and transfer experiences of former students from BC's college, university college, and institute sector are addressed from the student…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, College Admission, Student Experience, Access to Education
Heilmeier, Sonja; Heath, Nick – 2000
The report shows how Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada, evaluated transfer credit for those students who transferred from colleges or university colleges in British Columbia in 1998. Transcript analysis of approximately 400 students revealed that they successfully transferred 85.2% of the credits they earned at college. On average, 8.3 earned…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Articulation (Education)
Heslop, Joanne – 1999
The report presents a profile of transfer students admitted to Simon Fraser University (SFU) from colleges in British Columbia (BC), Canada, over the five-year period, 1994/95 to 1998/99. In the five year period ending in the 1999 spring semester, a total of 8,323 students were admitted to SFU from BC colleges (33% of all new students admitted to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Articulation (Education)
Heslop, Joanne – 1998
This report presents a profile of transfer students admitted to Simon Fraser University (SFU) from British Columbia (BC), Canada, colleges from 1993/94 to 1997/98. Section A provides a general profile of transfer students by: college from which students transferred to SFU, number of transfer credits students were admitted with, number of credit…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Articulation (Education)
Heslop, Joanne – 1998
This report presents a profile of transfer students admitted to Simon Fraser University (SFU) from British Columbia (BC), Canada, colleges from 1992/93 to 1996/97. Section A provides a general profile of transfer students by: college from which students transferred to SFU, number of transfer credits students were admitted with, number of credit…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Articulation (Education)
PDF pending restorationNettles, Michael T.; Perna, Laura W. – 1997
This voluminous collection of data presents a detailed picture of the educational status, performance, progress, and financial support of African Americans in higher education and adult education. The 10 chapters, each with a brief overview and text sections that supplement the data tables, cover: (1) African American population characteristics;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Affirmative Action, Black Achievement
