ERIC Number: ED608978
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-May
Pages: 28
Abstractor: ERIC
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Students Speak Their Truth about Transfer: What They Need to Get "Through the Gate"
Cooper, Darla M.; Nguyen, Alyssa; Karandjeff, Kelley; Brohawn, Katie; Purnell, Rogeair; Kretz, Andrew; Rodriguez-Kiino, Diane; Chaplot, Priyadarshini; Nguyen, Kay
RP Group
There is documented need for California to produce more bachelor's degree holders. Broad agreement exists that increasing community college transfer is an essential strategy for achieving this critical goal, while at the same time closing equity gaps and promoting mobility for residents of a state plagued with the nation's highest cost of living. What do students say they need to make it through the transfer gate? The RP Group's "Through the Gate" transfer study reveals a lost opportunity for California: Students who are close to transfer, yet struggling to make it to university. In the study's second phase, surveys and interviews with over 800 students across 31 California Community Colleges reveal that transfer students need colleges and universities to provide a more holistic and integrated approach to ensure they reach their goals: a bachelor's degree and economic mobility for themselves and their families. These students--high-leverage learners whose course-taking indicates they are close to transfer--offer rich and useful perspectives about factors impacting the entire transfer journey. Their input can inform both campus- and system-level efforts to achieve the California Community Colleges' Vision for Success goals, and ensure any student who sets a baccalaureate goal has the funds, knowledge, skills, and confidence to transfer. [For "Through the Gate Transfer Study: Phase 2 Technical Report," see ED608940.]
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, College Transfer Students, Student Attitudes, Barriers, Student Needs, College Role, Bachelors Degrees, Social Mobility, Paying for College, Financial Problems, Responsibility, Scheduling, Information Sources, School Counseling, Capacity Building
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
Sponsor: College Futures Foundation
Authoring Institution: RP Group
Identifiers - Location: California
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