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Lichtenberger, Eric J. – Illinois Education Research Council, 2011
Reverse transferring, or moving from a four-year institution to a community college, has been depicted in recent research as one of the major forms of student mobility. Since reverse transferring is associated with extremely low rates of degree completion, it is critical to better understand the predictors of reverse transferring and what happens…
Descriptors: Credentials, Reverse Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Student Mobility
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Peter, Katharin; Cataldi, Emily Forrest – National Center for Education Statistics, 2005
The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the extent to which undergraduates attend multiple institutions as well as the relationship between multiple institution attendance and persistence, attainment, and time to degree. Students who attended multiple institutions are the population of interest here. Subsets of this population will…
Descriptors: Time to Degree, College Graduates, Undergraduate Study, Postsecondary Education
Ross, Robert A. – 1982
In fall 1981, a study was conducted to investigate the reverse transfer phenomenon at Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC). Specifically, the study sought to determine: (1) the proportion of PVCC students who had already obtained a certificate, or an associate, bachelor's or graduate degree; (2) the demographic characteristics of these…
Descriptors: Age, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Degrees (Academic)
Baratta, Frank – 1992
The Contra Costa Community College District (CCCCD), in California, conducted a study to determine the type and number of transfer students served by both the CCCCD and by the University of California (UC), the California State University (CSU), or St. Mary's College (SMC) between 1982-83 and 1989-90. The study also assessed the completeness and…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Definitions
Adelman, Clifford – US Department of Education, 2005
This report offers a series of transcript-based portraits of traditional-age community college students. As of 2001, students under the age of 22 constituted 42 percent of all credit-seeking students in community colleges and those under the age of 24 constituted nearly three-fourths of first-time community college students. As the baby-boom echo…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Age Groups, Community Colleges, Longitudinal Studies
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Community Coll. System. – 1977
An analysis of student enrollment statistics of the 7 campuses in the Hawaii community college system for fall 1977 yielded the following summary information: regular credit students comprised 77% of the total enrollment; enrollment decreased 1% over fall 1976, the first decrease since the system began in 1965; males outnumbered females by the…
Descriptors: Age, College Credits, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges