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

Higgins, Cathy; Katsinas, Stephen G.

doi:10.1177/009155219902700201

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“…They also expect the individuals who will benefit from the education to pay their fair share through tuition and fees. However, because many rural communities are poverty-stricken and have a low tax base, they are hard-pressed to support a community college, and the residents have little disposable income to spend on tuition (Higgins and Katsinas, 1999;McNutt, 1994). This means that there is not much money for high-cost curricula, adjunct or full-time faculty salaries, or faculty development.…”

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Recruiting and retaining rural community college faculty

Murray¹

2007

New Drctns Community Coll

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Much is being written about a potential shortage of quali Recruiting and Retaining Rural Community College Faculty John P. MurrayMany educators believe that because of unprecedented faculty attrition (Berry, Hammons, and Denny, 2001), rural community colleges will have difficulty recruiting and retaining qualified faculty (Leist, 2005). Nonetheless, there is a paucity of literature that specifically addresses faculty job satisfaction at community colleges, much less at rural community colleges. This chapter begins by describing the challenges presented by rural settings to those who might wish to teach at a rural community college and offers suggestions for recruiting and retaining faculty in a rural setting. Challenges of the Rural EnvironmentFaculty members face a number of challenges when they accept a position at a rural community college. Prospective community college faculty members need to understand that individuals living in rural areas suffer from a number of social and economic ills. Rural areas often have high levels of illiteracy, low levels of educational attainment, high unemployment, and extreme poverty. Although not all rural communities are impoverished, many are. "Of the almost four hundred counties with poverty rates of 20 percent or greater in every decade since 1959, 95 percent are rural" (Mosley and Miller, 2004, p. 2).The poverty of rural areas is exacerbated by the loss of industry and the consequent loss of employment opportunities. America's traditional rural 57 6

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Recruiting and retaining rural community college faculty

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2007

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“…Five articles focused on environmental or institutional factors associated with transfer (Banks, 1992;Blau & Presler-Marshall, 1994;Higgins & Katsinas, 1995;McMillion, 1999;Pincus & DeCamp, 1989). Several focused on student characteristics associated with transfer (Laanan, 1999;McCormick & Carroll, 1997).…”

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Transfer Rates Among Students From Rural, Suburban, and Urban Community Colleges: What We Know, Don't Know, and Need to Know

Castañeda¹

2002

Community College Journal of Research and Practice

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“…In a study of transfer rates of 97 rural community colleges Higgins & Katsinas (1999) found that colleges which were subject to legislatively mandated transfer policies had an average transfer rate of 23% whereas colleges with non binding arrangements had a transfer rate of 14%. Higgins & Katsinas conclude that 'state policy clearly does matter, and states serious about implementing "seamless" K-16 education systems should seriously re-examine their transfer policies to promote better inter-institutional articulation and transfer'.…”

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