In view of the increasing emphasis on career/technical programs in British Columbia community colleges and the growing criticism of academic transfer programs in such institutions, university transfer enrollment statistics were analyzed along with existing research on student goals and objectives. Results showed that the proportion of community college students enrolled in university transfer curricula has remained fairly constant, at about 67%, since 1972. In fall 1976, the number of community college transfers enrolled in British Columbia universities approximated 15.4% of the previous year's total community college transfer program enrollment and 31.4% of full-time transfer program enrollment. However, several studies have shown that only half of community college transfer program students ever intend to continue on to university full-time, many intend to combine work and further education, and a sizable percentage have no definite plans. Interpreted on the basis of student intent, transfer rates reach much more acceptable levels. In addition, the evaluation of such programs simply on the transfer rate disregards the changing nature of community college students and the diversity of their needs and goals. Clearly, a liberal arts program serves a wide variety of purposes--community demand, personal satisfaction, opportunity for mature adults, a testing ground of one's academic interests--and must be understood in that light. (TR)