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Download full textSchudde, Lauren; Jabbar, Huriya – Texas Education Research Center, 2021
Forty percent of all Texas public college students start at a community college and 75 percent earn at least some community college credits. Yet there is very little evidence about how students make transfer decisions and whether the policies meant to avoid credit loss, like the core curriculum, actually improve transfer success and degree…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, Transfer Policy
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Direct linkJabbar, Huriya; Edwards, Wesley – Education Economics, 2020
As more students begin their higher education trajectory in community colleges in the US, there are few studies investigating the choice process for community college transfer students. This study draws on models of college choice to examine community college student transfer decisions. Using longitudinal administrative data, we examine…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Universities, Colleges
Jabbar, Huriya; Epstein, Eliza; Edwards, Wesley; Sánchez, Joanna D. – Teachers College Record, 2019
Background/Context: Community colleges are drawing renewed attention from policy makers and advocates seeking to increase college attendance and completion. Nearly half of all students awarded a bachelor's degree attended a community college. However, we know little about how community college students decide where and how to pursue postsecondary…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, College Choice
Jabbar, Huriya; Epstein, Eliza; Sánchez, Joanna; Hartman, Catherine – Community College Review, 2021
Objective: For many students, community college is a convenient first step toward a bachelor's degree. Yet, although more than 80% of those who enroll in community colleges intend to transfer to a 4-year institution, fewer than 35% do so within 6 years. Quantitative data reveal the presence of a transfer gap and there is extensive research on…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, State Universities, Minority Group Students
Jabbar, Huriya; Serrata, Carmen; Epstein, Eliza; Sánchez, Joanna – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2019
Families play a key role in students' school choices throughout their education. While research has explored the familial supports for high-school students transitioning to college for the first time, few scholars have examined how family engagement influences the decisions of current community-college students seeking to transfer to four-year…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Hispanic American Students, Family Role, Decision Making
Jabbar, Huriya; Sánchez, Joanna; Epstein, Eliza – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2017
Community colleges have received renewed attention from policymakers seeking to increase college attendance and completion rates because they provide open access to postsecondary education for historically marginalized students. Yet, transfer rates from community colleges to 4-year institutions are low. Inequities in opportunity that are shaped by…
Descriptors: Geography, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges
