Artigo Revisado por pares

Successful Community College Transfer Students Speak Out

2012; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 37; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/10668920903304914

ISSN

1521-0413

Autores

Martha M. Ellis,

Tópico(s)

Education and Military Integration

Resumo

The community college as the entranceway into the baccalaureate degree is becoming a prevalent choice for students. This study was a qualitative approach to understanding attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge acquisition by successful community college transfer students. University students who transferred from a community college and were making successful progress toward completing the baccalaureate degree participated in focus groups to answer questions about the transfer process. Successful transfer students are highly motivated, persistent, engaged, believe they were well prepared by the community colleges for university junior level studies, and have recommendations for community colleges and universities in improving the transfer process.

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