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Sapp, Sarah Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Institutions of higher learning today rely on tuition dollars to function. During a time when the pool of high school graduates is shrinking, colleges and universities must look to alternative target markets to meet enrollment goals, including those transferring from community college. Community college transfers have unique attributes that…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Transfer Students, Student Attitudes, Community Colleges
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Hawk, Jena L.; Hill, Lilian H. – Community College Enterprise, 2016
Due to its seemingly unclear and ambiguous mission, the community college has somewhat of a stigma attached to it, as the four-year institution defines the American college experience (LaPaglia, 1994). Although only a few studies concerning media portrayals of community college students have been published within the last 20 years, the existing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Mass Media, Stereotypes
Nail, Edana Leigh – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The demand for Community College Baccalaureate (CCB) degrees is rising due to increasing costs of educational obtainment resulting in decreased access. Also, universities are not always accessible geographically or academically to many students. Many students are limited in time and financial resources, and have family and job responsibilities,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Bachelors Degrees, Rural Schools, Student Attitudes