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Peer reviewedMitchell, Grace N.; Grafton, Clive L. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1985
Discusses a study of 10,196 Los Rios Community College District students, their characteristics, and reasons for attending and leaving college. Compares first-time students (54.7 percent) with noncompleter and completer lateral transfers (19.2 percent and 7.5 percent) and noncompleter and completer reverse transfers (12 percent and 7.6 percent).…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Grafton, Clive L.; Roy, Daniel D. – 1980
A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of community colleges in aiding those students who transfer to a senior institution, fail academically, return to the community college, and then re-enter the senior institution. The study, involving an examination of student records and a survey, centered on three groups: (1) 137 community…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Attendance Patterns, College Role
