This article discusses the regional experience for the readiness to become part of the Bologna Process. The Bologna Process, whose purpose is to create an education space covering all of Europe, has gone beyond the framework of the EU [European Union], and in a comparatively short period of time it has expanded its scope considerably and brought…

In the last two years, the BC Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) has conducted research on the number of potential and eligible transfer students in colleges, university colleges, and institutes in the fall of each year and the number that enrolled in a BC public university in the subsequent year with transfer as the basis of admission.…

This article examines the various claims made about sojourn children known as kaigaishijo and kikokushijo, or third culture kids (TCKs) in a Japanese context. Their image has shifted from educationally disadvantaged to internationally minded children with bilingual and bicultural abilities who can thrive in the era of globalization. The article…

The 15 articles in this volume comprise the refereed proceedings of the 2009 ATLAANZ (Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors Aotearoa/New Zealand) conference. The first three chapters focus on collaborative work. In Chapter 1, Ann Pocock shares her experiences of working with other university support services. In Chapter 2, Berni Cooper and…

Student mobility is a topic that frequently surfaces in discussion about the problems of urban schooling, but it is one that tends to fade from the agenda as discussion continues. Using data from the Chicago (Illinois) public elementary schools, this paper first describes the extent of urban school instability. Many schools, in fact, do not have…

This report of proceedings summarizes a meeting held for facilitating the exchange of information between 27 educational specialists from 8 member states of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. These specialists held positions of responsibility in connection with the education of children belonging to families that,…

Geographic mobility has a negative effect on a student's overall academic achievement. Data were drawn from Denver (Colorado) Public Schools (DPS), a multiethnic urban school system of over 60,000 students of whom 58,400 are enrolled in grades K through 12. Each year, students at all grade levels are administered the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills…

Enrollment management attempts to coordinate and monitor the programs and policies that influence college enrollment. A model is proposed that is designed to guide a comprehensive research framework that will inform enrollment management decisionmaking by including both student recruitment and retention as contributors to a common database. The…

Student transfers from school to school at the elementary and secondary levels have been increasing for many decades. A proposed typology of major school transfer flows distinguishes between "systemic" transfers, caused by changes in school structures, and "individualistic" transfers, caused by family or individual changes. Within this typology,…

Existing models for explaining individual educational attainment have not been particularly useful for explanations of the high dropout rate for black youths. This study employes a status attainment approach in analyzing the school dropout problem, using data from disadvantaged black youth who were enrolled in 1979 in a targeted job placement…

The results are briefly summarized of a study to investigate the relationship of factors other than job skills (such as social skills, life style, mobility, family relationships, and contextual factors) to the long range success of vocational and technical training programs. Data were gathered about students in secondary and postsecondary…

This study summarizes data on the number of transfer students from various California community colleges to the 20 California state universities. Table 1 shows the distribution of the percentage of students from community colleges attending state universities. Each of seven colleges contribute 3 percent of the total, 19 colleges contribute 2…

Educational institutions in major urban areas often require student residency data more precise than that provided by census, general survey, or enrollment statistics. By using zip code information furnished with student addresses, these data can be made easily accessible through computer retrieval. Miami-Dade Junior College (Florida) has found…

This document presents a study of 20,000 transfer applicants to 48 Massachusetts colleges and universities for fall 1973. Questionnaires and college visitations were used to obtain data. Findings indicated that much transfer articulation activity has taken place in the last three years in Masachusetts, primarily due to the efforts of the State…

This document focuses on the problems of transferring credit facing undergraduate transfer students. Following introductory material, chapter 2 discusses the major dimensions of the dilemma. Chapter 3 covers articulation between junior and senior institutions of higher education. Chapter 4 reviews nontraditional study and external degree programs.…