Sealing the Gaps: Supporting Low-Income, First-Generation Students at Four-Year Institutions in Texas Post-Transfer

Autor/inn/en	Miller, Abby; Erisman, Wendy
Institution	Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education
Titel	Sealing the Gaps: Supporting Low-Income, First-Generation Students at Four-Year Institutions in Texas Post-Transfer
Quelle	(2011), (60 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; First Generation College Students; Low Income Groups; Economically Disadvantaged; College Transfer Students; Student Characteristics; Outcomes of Education; Graduation; School Holding Power; Student Personnel Services; Community Colleges; Partnerships in Education; Intercollegiate Cooperation; State Policy; Case Studies; Mixed Methods Research; Academic Advising; School Orientation; Student Financial Aid; Academic Support Services; Housing; Transfer Policy; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Abschluss; Graduierung; Community college; Community College; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Hochschulkooperation; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Akademischer Rat; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Unterkunft
Abstract	The objectives of this research were to identify: 1) promising institutional practices for retaining and graduating low-income, first-generation community college transfer students at four-year institutions, including any transfer-specific support systems; 2) outcomes of transfer students (i.e., graduation rates) at four-year institutions in comparison with "native" peers who began their postsecondary education at the four-year institution; and 3) specific academic, personal or financial challenges faced by community college transfer students that impede greater success. This research builds on The Pell Institute's recent study which documented promising practices at six community colleges in Texas that performed "better than expected" in transferring low-income college students to four-year institutions, based on institutional characteristics such as percentage of low-socioeconomic status (SES) students. Institutionalized academic and social support systems as well as effective articulation agreements with local four-year institutions were the keys to the success of the college-transfer cultures at these Texas community colleges. However, while the two-year campuses the authors visited were successful at achieving the transfer mission to four-year institutions, the authors felt that success did not end there. Rather, success culminates when a student completes his or her end-goal, which in most cases is a bachelor's degree. This examination of community college transfer student support, experiences, and outcomes at four-year institutions in Texas aims to inform: 1) practitioners in programs and on campuses who work with community college transfer students, particularly with historically underrepresented populations; 2) institutional decision-makers who are concerned with improving their performance in terms of transfer graduation rates; and 3) policymakers, particularly at the state level, who are interested in promoting transfer as a means for improving the baccalaureate degree attainment rate among their residents in order to ensure a more educated workforce. Ultimately, the authors' goal is that low-income and first-generation students benefit from this research by getting the support they need to ensure success through bachelor's degree completion. Appended are: (1) Case Study Institutional Characteristics; and (2) References. (Contains 20 figures, 2 tables and 5 footnotes.) [This report was written with Adolfo Bermeo and Chandra Taylor Smith.] (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10