This study aims to better understand two primary factors associated with student retention, with a particular focus on transfer commuter students. The factors of focus for this study are student sense of connectedness and perceived support networks. Retention and graduation are an area of importance nationally for all student populations (Lumina…

This literature review explores the transfer commuter student experience and the factors that play a prominent role in this population's collegiate persistence. It aims to provide college and university administrators a more cohesive understanding of this unique and important cohort and to enrich the field of higher ed administration as a whole.…

With more and more students making community college the starting point of their postsecondary education, there is potential in the pipeline; tapping into it promises great rewards. Transfer has long been integral to the community college mission, but navigating the path to the four-year degree continues to be a challenge. Transfer students have…

The transfer function is one of the defining missions of community college systems, and it is of great importance to understand the experiences of the students who are or have been on the transfer path. Along these lines, it is essential for both sending and receiving institutions to know how their efforts to assist students with the transfer…

Electronic transcripts are no longer a concept awaiting definition. They are here to stay. Although paper transcripts remain the standard--at least in terms of volume--an ever-increasing number and eventual majority of students and alumni will expect if not require electronic transcripts. College registrars and admissions officers' obligation to…

A review of the literature on student transfer supports the concept of developing the Degree Partnership path between community colleges and universities. In this article, the authors summarize the literature's findings regarding barriers to successful student transfer. A brief description of "key program elements" will convey how the…

This study examined the diverse patterns of interactive factors that influence transfer students' first-year retention at a midsize four-year university. The population for this study consisted of five cohorts totaling 1,713 full-time, degree-seeking transfer students. Sequential sets of logistic regression analyses on blocks of variables were…

Since it is anticipated that the college transfer population will double over the next 2 years, Frostburg State College developed the Transfer Student Advisement Program consisting of: (1) individual on-campus registration; (2) mail-in registration; and (3) large group on-campus registration. (Author/PG)

Presents data from a study to determine undergraduate foreign student performance in three areas: (1) by entry method, whether from high school, community or junior college or as transfer from four-year institutions, (2) within the college in which they are enrolled, and (3) according to national background. (Author/PG)

The Oklahoma higher education coordinating board has implemented a comprehensive approach to student transfer, with key elements including approval of system transfer policies, measurement of student transfers' academic success, integration of public support and legislative interest, determination of course equivalencies, and production of a…

Purposes of the study: (1) How accessible Texas junior colleges are to students who are on academic suspension from senior colleges and universities; and (2) If students who are on academic suspension from senior colleges are eligible for all courses offered by Texas junior colleges, or are they restricted to special programs?

Describes a program at the University of Georgia that records all advanced placements and exemptions for enrolling new students by use of computer programming. (PG)