"Reverse" transfer students are students who began their post-secondary education at a four-year institution and then transferred to a two-year college. "Lateral" transfer students are those who began at one two-year college and later transferred to another two-year college. A review of the admissions and enrollment records at Oakton Community College (OCC) indicated that transfers-in constituted 19% of OCC's student population between fall 1971 and fall 1977 and that the majority of OCC transfers-in are reverse transfer students from Illinois public institutions. While transfers-in consituted only 18% of the fall 1971 entering enrollment, they constituted 37% of the entering enrollment in each of the spring semesters of 1975, 1976, and 1977. Of the 6,624 OCC transfers-in from fall 1970 to fall 1977, 1,495 attended full-time and 5,129 attended part-time. Only 17.6% of the full-time transfers-in and 7.2% of the part-time transfers-in entered OCC in academic difficulty. Transfers-in are likely to begin their work at OCC during a summer session. (DC)