In response to a request from the California state legislature, a plan is proposed for obtaining information on the number of community college students eligible to transfer to the University of California and the California State University; the characteristics of those students who do and do not transfer; and the persistence and performance of transfer students. First, data on student transfers from earlier studies and the assumptions underlying the plan are outlined. The subsequent sections detail the conditions of eligibility to enter California universities as a freshman or transfer student; indicate the areas in which information on eligibility is not available; and present a plan for obtaining information from high school and community college records. Next, a comparison is provided of students who do and do not transfer on the basis of results of a 1978 survey, and a plan for developing a profile of community college transfer students is presented. The next section discusses persistence and performance rates of transfer students, difficulties in obtaining information on students who drop out within a year, and the problems of comparing transfer and native four-year college students. In addition, programs instituted in the universities to provide information on transfer students to the community colleges are examined. Finally, after a timetable for the plan's implementation is presented, solutions proposed to overcome barriers to transfer are summarized. Appendices provide detailed student transfer information. (HB)
- Authorizing Institution
- California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento.
- Location
- California
- Peer Reviewed
- F
- Publication Type
- ['Reports - Descriptive', 'Numerical/Quantitative Data']
- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- 5 December 1979 49
- Dorothy M. Knoell 49
- California Postsecondary Education Commission 49
- John R. Thelln 49
- Assistant Director AICCU 49
- The Independent Campuses and the Community College Transfer Students Policy Practices and Patterns 49
- Published and public statements of policy toward community college transfers which have been dis- 49
- Data which contributes to analysis of the extent to which the publications and policy statements 49
- Significance To what extent have the independent campuses played a numerically important role in 49
- Accomodation How many spaces and what.percentage of total undergraduate spaces have AICCU institutions provided for prospective community college transfer 49
- CommunLty College transfer students constitute a significant Our survey of 39 independent colleges and universities which offer the bachelors degree includes the following data for 51
- 8066 community college transfer students enrolled 51
- How significant is this figure During the same academic period the 39 AICCU institutions enrolled 15266 students. students represented more than one-third of all undergraduates 51
- Hence in a given academic year community college transfer 51
- Over 75x of the AICCU institutions have an index of 0.25 or better 51
- Over 16 of the AICCU institutions have an index 51
- As suggested by the index summaries presented on a number of AICCU member institutions have exceptionally Francisco enrolled 55 freshmen last year while enrolling This is an index 53
- One area to which we would like to bring your research whichoommunity college transfer students receive while Are the advising and 53
