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Bastedo, Helena – British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2010
The objective of this project is to evaluate for the British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) the effectiveness of block transfer agreements (BTAs) in the BC Transfer System and recommend steps to be taken to improve their effectiveness. Findings of this study revealed that institutions want to expand block credit transfer;…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Transfer Programs, Contracts, Program Effectiveness
Waterhouse, John – British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2010
Research on student profiles, student experiences and outcomes, admissions, credit transfer practices and on student mobility plays an important role in how the British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) discharges its mandate. Given the importance of such research to its mandate, the Council commissioned this report with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Profiles, Student Mobility, Transfer Policy
Tenbergen, Klaus-Georg – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A seismic economic shift has changed the rules by which Americans strive to get ahead in society. Hard work, once the bedrock of opportunity, is no longer sufficient in and of itself to ensure individual prosperity and security for either individuals or the larger community. The consequence of this new economy is the need to educate students in…
Descriptors: Social Mobility, Economic Climate, Context Effect, Social Change
British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2009
The role of the British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) is to facilitate admission, articulation, and transfer arrangements in the BC post-secondary system. BCCAT carries out this work in various ways; for example, engaging in research on admissions and student transitions, evaluating the effectiveness of the transfer system…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Foreign Countries, Student Mobility, Transfer Policy
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Kinnick, Mary K.; Ricks, Mary F.; Bach, Susan; Walleri, R. Dan; Stoering, Juliette; Tapang, Belen – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 1998
Reports on a partnership formed in 1992 to study the transfer process among and between high schools, community colleges, and universities. Describes results in terms of student flow patterns, efficiency of the transfer process, and academic performance patterns. (14 citations) (VWC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Timmerman, Linda; And Others – 1995
The Transfer Success Work Group was established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) and the Texas Association of Junior and Community College Instructional Administrators to investigate the effectiveness of the state's public community college transfer function and make recommendations for improving transfer efficiency. The…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Administrator Attitudes, Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students