This paper examines the shrinking divide between upper and lower division courses and the phenomenon of two-year colleges now being authorized to offer the community college baccalaureate. The author describes the following three educational trends: (1) the upside-down baccalaureate degree, where the order in which students take general education…

This qualitative study of nine community college students who transferred to a private university sought students' perceptions of the transfer process itself and of both institutions' academic environments. Students reported receiving little help from either institution in the transfer process. (MDM)