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Download full textKintzer, Frederick C. – 1983
Transfer (i.e., the movement of students and of their academic credits from one school to another) and articulation (i.e., services for transfer students) can no longer be thought of solely in terms of the linear progression of community college students to four-year institutions. While definitions and counting procedures vary considerably among…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Foreign Students
Peer reviewedTownsend, Barbara K., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1999
This issue describes an enrollment pattern emerging in higher education--students who are matriculated at, or have graduated from, a four-year college who then transfer to a two-year school, a process labeled "reverse transfer." The following articles are included: (1) "What Do We Know about Reverse Transfer Students?" (Barbara K. Townsend and…
Descriptors: College Role, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Educational Change
LeBard, Christine – 1999
This digest is drawn from "Understanding the Impact of Reverse Transfer Students on Community Colleges," a "New Directions for Community Colleges" volume. Reverse transfer student characteristics, reasons for non-traditional transfer patterns, and implications for community colleges are discussed. Reverse transfers are students…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Change
Andrews, Hans A. – 2003
This digest identifies three major enrollment trends presently affecting community colleges. The three types of students--dual credit, reverse transfer, and job retraining--are likely to continue to increase in number in the near future. Dual-credit, in which secondary school students enroll in courses that receive both high school and college…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Credits, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1985
A review is provided of statewide and institutional data reflecting the magnitude and causes of the reverse transfer phenomenon. First, data from California, North Carolina, Illinois, Missouri, and Minnesota are presented, contrasting the numbers of students who transfer from two- to four-year colleges to the sometimes greater number of students…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1999
Many studies have verified that education beyond high school results in higher earnings. The highest earnings benefits depend upon certification or degree achievement. Not obtaining a degree results in some penalty: individuals who have some college credit but no degree earn less than associate degree holders. Professional and vocational…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Degrees (Academic), Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
