ERIC Number: EJ1255577
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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Faculty Perceptions of Community College Transfer Students: The Private University Experience
Hyatt, Sally E.; Smith, Douglas A.
Community College Journal of Research and Practice, v44 n6 p395-411 2020
This qualitative study, using an ethnographic study design, examined small, private university faculty relationships, experiences, interactions, and perceptions of the community college transfer student. Sachs University faculty were interviewed to provide an insider view of the students' relationships with faculty, as well as the faculty assessment of community college transfer students within the small private institutional context. The following findings emerged: (1) a balancing act: aligning faculty and student expectations; (2) students perceived by the faculty as complicated; (3) students not seeking faculty for help; (4) faculty and students being unaware of services and transfer processes. Each of the four themes pieced together developed an understanding of the faculty perception of community college transfer student experience, the faculty/student relationship, as well as barriers that exits between the students and the faculty that are described in detail in this paper.
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Private Colleges, Help Seeking, Teacher Student Relationship, Small Colleges, Teacher Expectations of Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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