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ERIC Number: ED540049
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 32
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
The Time It Takes: A Longitudinal Study of the 2003 Cohort of Students Eligible to Transfer to a BC Research Intensive University
Lavin, Tracy
British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer
The BC Transfer System allows students to attend public colleges, institutes and teaching intensive universities (i.e., Central Data Warehouse or CDW reporting institutions) throughout the province where they accumulate credits which they can transfer to research intensive universities and use to fulfill their degree requirements. The Student Transitions Project (STP) links data about students in the BC public post-secondary education system with information from their years spent in primary and secondary schooling. Because STP links data across educational institutions, it provides excellent information regarding educational pathways and outcomes. The STP has analyzed its data for the last several years to determine the annual flow of ETRs into research universities, building on previous research conducted by the BC Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT). BCCAT commissioned the current project to make use of the longitudinal capacity in the STP database in order to examine the educational outcomes of an ETR cohort over a seven-year period. The cohort consists of students who were enrolled at a CDW institution in the fall of 2003 and were eligible for transfer to a research intensive university the following year. This cohort's enrolment and credential data from 2003/04 to 2009/10 were analyzed to determine how many transferred to research universities, how many remained at CDW institutions, how many left the post-secondary system and what sorts of credentials were obtained during those seven years. The longitudinal enrolment data reveal a significant degree of mobility among Eligible Transfer Students (ETRs) and several interesting findings. (Contains 14 figures, 18 tables, 11 footnotes.) [For "The Time It Takes: A Longitudinal Study of the 2003 Cohort Eligible to Transfer to a Research Intensive University. Research Results," see ED540042.]
British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer. 709-555 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 3H6, Canada. Tel: 604-412-7700; Fax: 604-683-0576; e-mail: info@bccat.ca; Web site: http://www.bccat.ca
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer
Identifiers - Location: Canada
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