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Direct linkTownsend, Barbara K. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2008
Undergraduate transfer is a fact of life. At least 40 percent of students attend more than one institution on their path to a baccalaureate degree. Some students initially attend a two-year college, so transfer is to be expected if they seek a baccalaureate. Two-year college students are not the only ones who transfer. Data from the Beginning…
Descriptors: Reverse Transfer Students, Transfer Students, Transitional Programs, Developmental Studies Programs
Download full textTownsend, Barbara K. – 1999
This article discusses community colleges as educational institutions that not only prepare students to transfer to other colleges, but also receive transfer students from other institutions as well. The article emphasizes the limited awareness of this transfer reciprocity, both on part of the general public and of policymakers. Cited are the…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Attendance, Bachelors Degrees, College Transfer Students
Peer reviewedTownsend, Barbara K. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2000
This exploratory study uses document analysis to ascertain how the enrollment of reverse transfer students in community colleges has been interpreted over time to fit with the community college mission. Indicates that reverse transfer student enrollment has been justified under a variety of rationales, including providing a second chance for these…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Enrollment Trends
Peer reviewedTownsend, Barbara K. – Community College Review, 2001
Argues that community college transfer mission needs to be redefined as facilitating baccalaureate degree attainment for college students in general, not just for students who begin their undergraduate education in the two-year college. Current patterns of transfer from and to the community college need to be considered. (AUTH/NB)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Bachelors Degrees, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Townsend, Barbara K.; Dever, John T. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1999
Looks at students who move from a four-year to a two-year college in a process called reverse transfer. Categorizes these reverse transfer students, reviews what is known about their numbers, summarizes studies that describe the students and their experiences in the two-year colleges, and discusses institutional rationales for admitting them.…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Educational Trends, Enrollment Trends
Townsend, Barbara K.; Lambert, Rivkah Y. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1999
Describes (1) why both nondegree and degree-seeking postbaccalaureate reverse transfer students (PRTSs) attend two-year colleges and what they think of it, (2) what institutional changes or modifications these students would prefer, (3) what institutional problems their presence may create, and (4) how their presence can benefit two-year schools.…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends
