Transfer Student Success: Exploring Community College, University, and Individual Predictors
- 2 September 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Community College Journal of Research and Practice
- Vol. 43 (9), 599-617
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2018.1520658
Abstract
This paper investigates community college transfer success by exploring the relationship between individual and institutional-level characteristics at students’ two- and four-year institutions. Using statewide administrative data from North Carolina, this study employs a cross-classified multilevel model to investigate the impact that a student’s community college and four-year transfer institution have on post-transfer success. Our findings offer important and compelling insights into the relationship between transfer students, the community college they attended, the four-year transfer institution, and educational outcomes. While individual effects were small, we find several institutional factors associated with student success. Attendance at a large community college or having a public university in the same county as their community college is positively associated with student success, whereas size of the university is negatively related to grades during the first year and persistence to the second year. While the four-year institution’s selectivity is negatively related to many of our outcomes, transferring to a Historically Black College or University is positively associated with GPA, college persistence, and degree completion.Keywords
Funding Information
- U.S. Department of Education College Access Challenge (P378A110017)
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