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Direct linkRahime-Malik Howard – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The current study examined hindering factors of 2-year community college students' vertical transfer to 4-year colleges. Rational choice theory guided the study and provided the scope of the problem, which is community college students' apprehension about vertically transferring to 4-year colleges. A quantitative Likert-scale survey, which…
Descriptors: Barriers, Community College Students, Undergraduate Students, College Transfer Students
Peer reviewedVillarreal, María de Lourdes; García, Hugo A. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
This Grounded Theory study utilized Self-determination Theory to analyze the interview results of 18 community college African American and Latino males. The goal was to learn what helped participants to succeed and persist in developmental and transfer-level writing courses despite the obstacles that they faced. Three major themes emerged: (a)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
