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ERIC Number: ED638317
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 355
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-3804-1563-7
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Trapdoor Transfer: A Qualitative Study of Differences in Transfer between URM/BIPOC and White Students of the California Community College System
Christopher Collins
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, California State University, Sacramento
The purpose of this research is to acknowledge what California Community Colleges are/are not doing in regards to poor transfer outcomes to bolster bachelor's degree attainment, especially for underrepresented minorities (URM) and Black indigenous people of color (BIPOC) students. The California Community College system entices students with low cost tuition and open access. As a result, 54% of California's postsecondary population are enrolled in one of California's 116 community colleges (Public Policy Institute [PPIC], 2019). The system has many barriers that hinder transfer outcomes equating to only 28% of students transferring to 4-year colleges/universities in 6 years (PPIC, 2019). Compounding these statistics, by 2025 41% of all jobs will require a bachelor's degree in California. Simultaneously, only 35% of the state's population will meet this requirement creating an excess of 2 million people short of educational credentials to obtain a job (PPIC, 2019). This study draws attention to California Coastal College, a top institution for transfer in California, and how its transfer regimen aligns with Levin's (2010) 4"C" Framework of cohesion, cooperation, connection and consistency. In correlation to this study, critical race theory under the tenet of Whiteness as Property, processes the paradigm that the community college suppresses URM/BIPOC students from the attainment of a bachelor's degree. Both concepts will impart what practices equate to reinforcements to transfer and barriers/hindrances to transfer. The results of this study will reveal that transfer efforts for URM/BIPOC students are results of many impacts of suppression rather than outcomes of success. In conclusion to this study potential solutions and recommendations will be made in order to instigate intentional practice to help California community college transfer in particular for URM/BIPOC student populations. Ten California Coastal College transfer intentional students and five California Coastal College campus agents associated with transfer were interviewed to gain transparency on transfer experiences from both a student and campus agent perspective. Results and analysis from Chapter 4 of this study gave a transparent glimpse of barriers, impediments, solutions, and best practices that effect BIPOC and White students who are planning to transfer to 4-year institutions from California Community Colleges. Chapter 5 of this study will delineate benefactors and a regimens that look to create better opportunities for 2-year completion leading to bachelor's degree attainment. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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