Objective: Community colleges have considerable potential to grow the number of
individuals who complete STEM baccalaureate degrees and to broaden access to …

Guided by the notion of academic momentum, this study drew data from longitudinal
transcript records at a large public 4-year research university and examined factors that …

Approximately 30% of students who enter the postsecondary education system do so
through 2-year colleges. The majority of these students intend to earn a bachelor's degree …

This paper's purpose is to review theoretical explanations of college transitions, offer a
critique of their utility, and make an explicit argument that the field of higher education would …

States and institutions increasingly rely on articulation agreements to streamline vertical
transfer, although the effectiveness of those policies on transfer student outcomes remains …

Peers can play an invaluable role in helping a student to learn, and peer support is a means
to help collaborative students learn well in teams. Students who communicate well with …

Community college scholars and practitioners consistently seek ways to support vertical
transfer from community colleges to four‐year institutions. An emerging practice to …

Only 11% of community college (associate's-degree) students transfer vertically and obtain a
bachelor's degree within six years, despite over 80% originally intending to do so. These …

Community colleges have long been touted as a pathway to increase social mobility through
their transfer function, yet this promise has not always been realized. This study uses the …

In Short Vertical transfer from community college to a university offers a promising, although
unrealized, pathway to diversify STEM disciplines. Studying how successful transfer …