This report reviews research and related projects commissioned by the British Columbia (BC) Council on Admissions and Transfer, summarizes and integrates the results, and provides a critical analysis of those results and their implications for public policy respecting admission and transfer of students within the BC system of postsecondary…

A study was commissioned by the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Education to determine the number of students enrolled in transfer programs at the 14 BC community colleges who actually transfer to senior institutions. The study involved identifying all BC community college students (both full- and part-time) who were enrolled in transfer…

In view of the increasing emphasis on career/technical programs in British Columbia community colleges and the growing criticism of academic transfer programs in such institutions, university transfer enrollment statistics were analyzed along with existing research on student goals and objectives. Results showed that the proportion of community…