A study was undertaken to determine the extent to which the California Community Colleges (CCC) helped the state's welfare recipients obtain employment, increase earnings, and decrease welfare dependence. A literature review indicated that, while relatively few studies exist, community colleges do play a role in redistributing resources from…

In response to requests for information on transfer education in California, this report examines the number and rate of transfers from two- to four-year institutions, the ethnicity of transfer students, the academic performance of transfers, and questions remaining to be answered. After a summary of major study findings and background material,…