Getting to the Core of Credit Transfer: How Do Pre-Transfer Core Credits Predict Baccalaureate Attainment for Community College Transfer Students?

Autor/inn/en	Schudde, Lauren; Bicak, Ibrahim; Meghan, Shea
Titel	Getting to the Core of Credit Transfer: How Do Pre-Transfer Core Credits Predict Baccalaureate Attainment for Community College Transfer Students?
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 37 (2023) 4, S.1014-1043 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Schudde, Lauren) ORCID (Bicak, Ibrahim)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/08959048211049415
Schlagwörter	Community College Students; College Transfer Students; College Credits; Core Curriculum; Bachelors Degrees; Educational Attainment; Graduation Rate; Educational Policy; Predictor Variables; Relationship; Socioeconomic Status; Race; Ethnicity; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community colleges; College students; Community College; Collegestudent; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung; Kerncurriculum; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Prädiktor; Wechselbeziehung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Rasse; Abstammung; Ethnizität
Abstract	The majority of community college entrants aspire to earn a bachelor's degree; yet fewer than a third do. States use several strategies to support community college's transfer function, including a transferrable core curriculum, a block of pre-major coursework universally accepted at public postsecondary institutions. In this study, we used statewide administrative data from Texas--a state with a transferable core--to examine pre-transfer credit accumulation and how pre-transfer core credits predict bachelor's degree attainment and time to degree for community college transfer students. Our results illuminate high variation in pre-transfer core credit accumulation among community college transfer students. Each additional pre-transfer core credit improves students' probability of earning a bachelor's degree, but only up to core completion status. Soon after students are core complete--at which point universities are no longer required to transfer in additional core credits, students experience a negative relationship between core credits and bachelor's degree attainment. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01