Abstract:Guest editorial Transfers transform higher education Currently college attendance (including where individuals go to college) and academic success reflect and enable modern social stratification. Transferring between colleges is an avenue for social mobility first because a bachelor's degree offers more economic advantages, and second because attendance itself at more selective, larger and/or higherquality schools opens opportunities (Fink, 2017): Institutions of higher education are broadly viewed as engines … Show more
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