Post-High School Experiences and College Attrition

Anderson, Kristine L.

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“…For the past few decades, quite a number of studies have explored factors related to student transfer from two-year to four-year institutions (e.g., Anderson, 1981;Bailey, Jenkins, & Leinbach, 2005;Breneman & Nelson, 1981;Brint & Karabel, 1989;Cohen & Brawer, 1996;Deng, 2006;Dougherty, 1987Dougherty, , 1994Lee & Frank, 1990;Lee, Mackie-Lewis, & Marks, 1993;Meznek, 1987;Roksa, 2006;Velez, 1985;Velez & Javalgi, 1987). Similar to most of the literature addressing college student departure (e.g., Bean, 1986;Cabrera, Nora, & Castaneda, 1993;Tinto, 1987Tinto, , 1993, many of these studies explored the effects of various student background characteristics and their results confirmed the pronounced impact of entry characteristics on educational outcomes (Pascarella & Terenzini, 1991, 2005.…”

Section: Community College Transfermentioning

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Factors Contributing to the Upward Transfer of Baccalaureate Aspirants Beginning at Community Colleges

Wang¹

2012

The Journal of Higher Education

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Incorporating the psychological perspective, this study examined factors associated with the upward transfer of baccalaureate aspirants beginning at community colleges. Based on the data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 and the Postsecondary EducationTranscript Study, the study tested a logistic regression model to predict bachelor's degreeseeking community college entrants' transfer to four-year institutions. The results indicate that students' socioeconomic status, identification as African American, self-concept, high school test scores, and postsecondary enrollment patterns were significantly associated with the probability of transfer to four-year institutions among baccalaureate aspirants. 2The past century has witnessed dramatically increased access to postsecondary education in the United States. The availability of community colleges contributed to this expansion of educational opportunities significantly. Undergraduate enrollment at community colleges increased from 5.9 to 7 million students from 2000 to 2008 and is projected to reach 8.2 million by 2019 (Aud et al., 2010). For a large number of these students, the community college represents an alternative route to the bachelor's degree or higher by means of transferring to a four-year institution (Bailey & Morest, 2006;Hoachlander, Sikora, Horn, & Carroll, 2003).Although gaining entry into postsecondary education is necessary, persisting and realizing degree goals are what eventually matters (Swail, Redd, & Perna, 2003).For baccalaureate aspirants beginning at community colleges, the process of persisting towards their degree goals is structurally convoluted by the two-phase nature of the road to the baccalaureate. As both the transfer function and the number of baccalaureate aspirants at community colleges continue to be substantial, so do concerns about whether these students actually transfer to four-year institutions. Based on their extensive review of related research evidence from 1970 to 2000, Pascarella andTerenzini (2005) concluded that "students seeking a bachelor's degree who begin their college careers in a two-year public institution continue to be at a disadvantage in reaching their education goals compared with similar students entering a four-year college or university" (p. 381). Research based on more recent student populations has also indicated that this disadvantage is still being experienced by today's baccalaureate-aspiring students who attend community colleges (Long & Kurlaender, 2009). Pascarella and Terenzini further argued that part of the disadvantage appears to be associated with whether students in fact transfer to a four-year institution. Unfortunately, a considerable number of students who expect to earn a bachelor's degree but begin at a community college never transfer (Berkner, He, & 3 Cataldi, 2002). Therefore, characteristics associated with the successful transfer to four-year institutions among these students are important factors to be taken into account when considering the m...

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Section: Community College Transfermentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Contributing to the Upward Transfer of Baccalaureate Aspirants Beginning at Community Colleges

Wang¹

2012

The Journal of Higher Education

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“…For example, Anderson (1981) and Velez (1985) included controls for educational expectations in their analyses of different samples of the National Longitudinal Study of 1972's (NLS72) high school class of 1972, but these authors restricted their samples to community college students in academic programs as if these were the only students interested in transferring and attaining a bachelor's degree. This assumption cannot be validated with recent data: close to 60% of students from the 1992 high school class who started postsecondary education at a community college with expectations for a bachelor's degree enrolled in non-academic majors or failed to disclose a major throughout the first uninterrupted period of postsecondary enrollment (author's estimations based on NELS data).…”

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“…The percentage of students who started at a 4-year college and attained a bachelor's degree, in contrast, is a high 71%. Even when a wide array of variables are controlled for, as the relatively extensive literature attempting to explain the baccalaureate attainment gap between community college and 4-year college students shows, the baccalaureate attainment gap continues to be significantly in favor of 4-year attendees (Alba and Lavin, 1981;Anderson, 1981;Christie and Hutcheson, 2003;Rouse, 1995;Velez, 1985;Whitaker and Pascarella, 1994).…”

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The impact of community college attendance on baccalaureate attainment

2006

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Community colleges are seen as contradictory institutions. Supporters contend that community colleges increase baccalaureate attainment by providing access to higher education for students who would otherwise not attend college, while critics argue that these institutions decrease baccalaureate attainment for students who would otherwise attend a 4-year institution. Using the National Education Longitudinal Study, this article advances the literature on the impact of community colleges on baccalaureate attainment by estimating new models that allow controlling for pathways of enrollment while using different measures of educational expectations and correcting for college choice. Findings suggest that community colleges significantly reduce the probability of attaining a bachelor's degree, as compared to 4-year institutions, an effect that remains after having taken into account non-traditional enrollment pathways, educational expectations, and self-selection into 2-year and 4-year institutions.

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“…Lewis, Wentworth and Orvis (1973) found that students at 2-year colleges performed significantly below their 4-year counterparts on the standardized Test of Understanding College Economics (TUCE). Consensus drawn from the early empirical studies that directly compared students at two-year with those from fouryear institutions supported the view that community college students were less likely to attain a Bachelor's degree (Anderson, 1981;Christie & Hutcheson, 2003;Dougherty, 1992;Ganderton & Santos, 1995;Lee, Mackie-Lewis, & Marks, 1993;Nunley & Breneman, 1988).…”

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Comparing the Academic Success of Community College Transfer Students versus Traditional Four Year Students

Mondal

Galbraith

2015

IJAREMS

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According to 2014 NMC Horizon Report, the fastest growing jobs in the United Sates in the next 10 years will require college degrees. Community College student enrollment has already increased more than 53% over the last 20 years to attempt to meet this demand (National Association of College and University Business Officers). Some reasons for the increasing trend of students starting their post-secondary education at community colleges may include cost reduction and general preparedness for post-secondary education. Our study analyzes the characteristics of transfers versus traditional students in terms of: GPA, graduation rates and multiple demographic characteristics. This research aims at comparing the academic performance of transfer students versus traditional 4 year students at a singular university, in the areas of graduation rates, timeframes and overall Grade Point Average.

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Post-High School Experiences and College Attrition

Cited by 78 publications

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Factors Contributing to the Upward Transfer of Baccalaureate Aspirants Beginning at Community Colleges

Factors Contributing to the Upward Transfer of Baccalaureate Aspirants Beginning at Community Colleges

The impact of community college attendance on baccalaureate attainment

Comparing the Academic Success of Community College Transfer Students versus Traditional Four Year Students

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