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Peer reviewedVaala, Leslie D. – Community College Review, 1991
Describes an ongoing investigation of student mobility from four-year to two-year colleges in Alberta, Canada, presenting a profile of the characteristics of community college students who had previously attended other postsecondary institutions. Includes interview findings related to students' university and community college experiences. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Interviews, Postsecondary Education
Direct linkQuinley, John W.; Quinley, Melissa P. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1999
Asserts that the postbaccalaureate transfer student (PRTS) represents a very different type of second-chance student for the community college. Analyzes the life circumstances, goals, and profiles of PRTSs in an urban North Carolina community college. Contains 11 references. (VWC)
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Continuing Education
Download full textWinter, Paul A.; Harris, Michael R. – 1998
The purpose of this study was to develop a descriptive profile of completer and non-completer reverse transfer students in Kentucky. Three major questions were investigated: (1) What are the characteristics of reverse transfer students? (2) What are the reasons and goals that motivate reverse transfers to enroll at community colleges? and (3) How…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Nontraditional Students
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
Fischer, Olin R., Jr.; And Others – 1975
A reverse transfer student is one who has transferred from a four-year college or university to a two-year institution. This study was undertaken to determine the nature and characteristics of reverse transfer students enrolled at Seminole Junior College (SJC) and at Valencia Community College (VCC) in Florida. A 52-item questionnaire was sent to…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Financial Support, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
Drakulich, J. Scott; Karlen, Janice M. – 1980
In order to determine the characteristics of students who transferred to Essex County College from four-year institutions in Fall 1979, the responses of 88 reverse transfer students (RTS's) to 84 items on the entering student demographic questionnaire were compared to the responses of 2,087 new Fall 1979 students. The questionnaire solicited…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Choice, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
