Description
Gain fresh perspectives and approaches to the topic of students transferring among institutions of higher education. Despite the copious research on transfer patterns and students who transfer, this line of research is thronged with conceptual, methodological, and data challenges that warrant continued and more nuanced attention. This volume answers this call and provides updated scholarship and examines emerging issues pertaining to transfer.
Organized around two broad, interconnected ways to conceptualize transfer, it first examines students who transfer and then discusses transfer as a complex postsecondary pathway. Engaging empirical research, perspectives, and case analysis from higher education scholars and institutional researchers, this volume offers renewed conceptual and methodological insights that inform future research on transfer, along with concrete recommendations for institutional researchers.
This is the 170th volume of this Jossey-Bass quarterly report series. Timely and comprehensive, New Directions for Institutional Research provides planners and administrators in all types of academic institutions with guidelines in such areas as resource coordination, information analysis, program evaluation, and institutional management.
Chapter
Advancing a New Conceptual Model for Studying Transfer Students
Inputs or Background Characteristics
Community College Environment
Implications for Institutional Researchers
Consider Mixed-Method Designs
Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Designs
Linking Different Types of Data
Advancing Relevant Questions to Investigate
2 Narratives of Success: A Retrospective Trajectory Analysis of Men of Color Who Successfully Transferred from the Community College
People, Not Programs, Make the Difference
Discussion and Implications
3 International Students in Transition: International Community College Transfer Students in a Texas Research University
Community College Transfer Student Experiences
International Student Experiences
Student Persistence and Degree Attainment
Community College Transfer Students
International Transfer Students in a Texas Research University
Changes in Enrollment Over Time
Demographic Characteristics
Community Colleges, Associate Degrees, and Credits Transferred
Academic Level, Interests, and Performance
Persistence and Time to Degree
Implications for Institutional Researchers and Policy Makers
Definitions of International Students
An Important Student Population
4 Upward Transfer in STEM Fields of Study: A New Conceptual Framework and Survey Instrument for Institutional Research
A Conceptual Framework for STEM Transfer
STEM Momentum Through Course-Taking and Active Learning
Expanding STEM Talent: A New Survey Instrument on STEM Transfer
Survey Implementation and Technical Quality
Directions for Future Research on STEM Transfer
5 Shining Light on Higher Education’s Newest Baccalaureate Degrees and the Research Needed to Understand Their Impact
Applied Baccalaureate Degrees
Methodological Considerations
Implications for Institutional Researchers at 4-Year and 2-Year Institutions
6 Reverse Credit Transfer: Recognizing and Measuring Transfer Student Success
Introduction and Background
Examining the Potential Possibilities and Pitfalls
Transfer Patterns and Reverse Credit Transfer
New Models Need New Metrics
Reverse Credit Transfer Eligibility
Reverse Credit Transfer Completions
Equity and Student Characteristics
7 Multiple Paths to Success: Degree Completion of 4-Year Starters Taking Various Pathways
About Pittsburg State University
Data Source and Study Design
Transfer Groups and Graduation Rates
Implications for Institutional Research
8 Student Flow and Success at 2- and 4-Year Broadly Accessible Institutions
Broadly Accessible Institutions
National Portrait of Student Transfer to Institutions of Varying Selectivity
Student Transfer to and From Institutions of Varying Selectivity
Characteristics of Transfer Students From Institutions of Varying Selectivity
Discussion and Implications
Implications for Institutional Researchers
9 The Evolving Landscape of Transfer Research: Reconciling What We Know in Preparation for a New Era of Heightened Promise and Complexity
What We Know About Transfer
What We Have Just Begun to Know About Transfer
The Landscape of Transfer in Postsecondary Education: A New Era of Heightened Promise and Complexity
Studying Transfer in Higher Education: New Approaches to Enduring and Emerging Topics
：New Directions for Institutional Research, Number 170
( J-B IR Single Issue Institutional Research )
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