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

Adjustment of Community College Students at a Four-Year University: Role and Relevance of Transfer Student Capital for Student Retention

“…Specific issues about how to define a transfer rate, who to include and exclude in the definition continue to be argued (Cohen, 1994;Cohen & Sanchez, 1997). More recently, Castañeda (2002) wrote about transfer rates among rural, suburban, and urban institutions. In the last few years, researchers have utilized sophisticated statistical models to examine the determinants of predisposition to transfer among community college students (Laanan, 1998;Nora & Rendón, 1990).…”

Latinos at community colleges

“…These studies point to the desire and motivation of Latinos to achieve higher academic goals that will eventually translate into occupational and career opportunities. Yet institutional, regional, and national studies point to the abysmally low percentage of Latino transfer rates to four-year institutions (Castaneda, 2002;Nora, 1993;Rendón, Justiz, and Resta, 1988;Nora, 1989, 1994;Rendón and Valadez, 1993;Suarez, 2003). Studies show how Latinos' attendance at community colleges may adversely affect their chances of transferring, persistence, or completion of any type of degree (Brint and Karabel, 1989;Cohen and Brawer, 1996;Fry, 2002).…”

The Reliance on and Demand for Adjunct Faculty Members in America’s Rural, Suburban, and Urban Community Colleges

“…Both practitioners and researchers are acutely aware that rural institutions differ from their nonrural counterparts (Castandea, 2002;Cejda & Leist, 2006;Hardy & Katsinas, 2007;Katsinas, 1996;Yackee, 2000). Although researchers have described these differences in terms of funding, the challenge of finding qualified personnel (both fulltime and part-time), and student characteristics, the current study demonstrates that institutional type (e.g., rural, suburban, urban) affects institutional philosophy about the reliance on and ability to attract one of the community college's most fundamental resources, adjunct faculty members.…”