Assessing community college transfer performance

The Relationship between Environmental Conditions and Transfer Rates of Selected Rural Community Colleges: A Pilot Study

“…In the Banks study, median family income was the most influential external environmental condition, contributing 29 % of the explained variation in transfer rates. McIntyre (1987) also studied the influence of income (real per capita) on transfer rates, concluding that there was no perceptible relationship. However, he believed a problem with income as a variable was its high correlation (multicollinearity) with other independent variables.…”

“…The studies that have investigated environmental conditions affecting transfer (Alkin & Hendrix, 1967;McIntyre, 1987;Berman & Weiler, 1990;Banks, 1992) all employed stepwise multiple regression analyses, with transfer rates of the sample colleges serving as the dependent variable. The present study, however, was unlike those previous in that it attempted to quantitatively measure a greater number of environmental variables (a total of 28).…”

Looking in the Review Mirror: Factors Affecting Transfer for Urban Community College Students

“…Simply put, each individual must weigh the costs (measured in monetary terms as well as time and opportunity costs) of college against the expected lifetime dividends. Rational choice theory has been used to explore a number of factors within the higher education literature, including issues of persistence (McPherson & Schapiro, 1998;Massy, 1996;McIntyre, 1987), college selection (Heller, 1999;Kane, 1995;St. John, 1994), and major selection=educational attainment (Storen & Arnesen, 2007;Jonsson, 1999).…”

Why a Consistent Definition of Transfer? An ERIC Review

“…It is readily agreed that the transfer rate is the ratio of transfer students over the potential number of transfer students; however, difficulties arise in defining the concept of a "transfer student" (Cohen, 1979 and1987). In some cases a student counts as a transfer after attaining an associate degree and enrolling in a senior institution.…”

“…Transfer education is one of the most important, yet most poorly measured functions performed by community colleges (McIntyre, 1987). It is readily agreed that the transfer rate is the ratio of transfer students over the potential number of transfer students; however, difficulties arise in defining the concept of a "transfer student" (Cohen, 1979 and1987).…”