Distance Matters: Exploring Geographic Barriers to Transfer for California Community College Students, November 2024
Report featuring findings from our research that explores the under-researched issue of "university education deserts" (UEDs) - areas with limited access to universities - and how they impact transfer rates, particularly for underrepresented and low-income students. The report also explores practical tips for institutions to leverage this knowledge and improve transfer rates.
Exploring Geographic Barriers to Transfer for California Community College Students, October 2024 (PPT)
Slides used in webinar exploring the under-researched issue of "university education deserts" (UEDs) - areas with limited access to universities - and how they impact transfer rates, particularly for underrepresented and low-income students. The webinar features a panel discussion with practitioners and a student from colleges in UEDs.
Exploring Geographic Barriers to Transfer for California Community College Students, October 2024 (Recording)
Webinar exploring the under-researched issue of "university education deserts" (UEDs) - areas with limited access to universities - and how they impact transfer rates, particularly for underrepresented and low-income students. The webinar features a panel discussion with practitioners and a student from colleges in UEDs.
Students Speak: Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on their Transfer Journeys, October, 2021
Research brief summarizing lessons from a statewide survey of nearly 8,000 California Community College students and follow-up focus groups, both with students whose transfer plans changed and who successfully made it to university; additionally highlights how the transfer experience of different student groups was uniquely impacted during this unprecedented time.
The Impacts of the Pandemic on Students’ Transfer Journeys: A Technical Report from a Systemwide Study of California Community College Students, October 2021
Technical Report providing detailed statewide survey data, including disaggregated findings, and related recommendations for continuing to strengthen students’ transfer success during the pandemic and beyond.
Students Speak Their Truth about Transfer, May 2020
Webinar featuring students, a transfer director, and their respective experiences around transfer as they relate to transfer study findings. Plus, get a useful overview of Starfish and Canvas shell to help students close to the transfer gate.
Students Speak Their Truth Webinar (May 2020) Chat Q&A Summary
Summary of questions and answers posed in the chat thread during the Students Speak Their Truth Webinar held in May 2020.
Through the Gate: What Students Say They Need to Transfer
Presentation and/or materials delivered at SSSC19.
Through the Gate Transfer Study Video
In a recent five-year period, nearly 300,000 California Community College students who completed all or most of their transfer requirements, did not make it “through the gate” to a university. Who are these students and why are they stopping short of their transfer goal?
Transfer Odds: Technical Report Examining Factors Impacting whether Students Achieve Transfer or Get Stuck Near or At the Gate, Through the Gate Transfer Study, Technical Report, March 2019
Full technical report exploring student characteristics and college and regional factors associated with “high-leverage learners” more likely to stop “near” or “at” the transfer gate.
Identifying High-Leverage Transfer Students on Your Campus, Through the Gate Transfer Study Methodology, Tool 1, March 2019
Guide for adapting the study’s methodology on your campus; includes data sources and elements, instructions on file preparation, and steps for generating the study population
Transfer Odds: Examining Factors That Impact Whether Students Achieve Transfer or Get Stuck Near or At the Gate, Research Brief, March 2019
Summary of factors associated with “high-leverage learners” more likely to stop “near” or “at” the transfer gate; highlights student characteristics and college and regional factors
Determining Students’ Transfer Odds on Your Campus, Through the Gate Transfer Study Methodology, Tool 2, March 2019
Guide for adapting study’s statistical model for identifying students’ transfer odds on your campus, including data sources and instructions for implementing and interpreting the model.
Perspectives, November 2018
Article featuring college applications of the Through the Gate methodology.
AB 705: National Data, California Context, and Why It's Gonna Be Ok
Presentation and/or materials delivered at 2018 SSSC.
Pathways to the Future: Teacher Preparation for California and Beyond
Presentation and/or materials delivered at 2018 SSSC.
Through the Gate: An Examination of Factors Determining Whether Students Achieve Transfer or Get Stuck At or Near the Gate
Presentation and/or materials delivered at 2018 SSSC.
Mapping the Transfer Landscape for California Community College Students, Through the Gate Transfer Study, Technical Report, November 2017
Full technical report detailing findings on "high-leverage learners" who are "near" or "at" the transfer gate (having completed most or all of their transfer requirements); provides (1) a synopsis of prior research focused on increasing transfer success in California and beyond; (2) an overview of the “transfer continuum” — a new framework for viewing transfer; (3) methodology for identifying students near and at the gate, and those who achieve transfer; and (4) key findings on these “transfer-bound” students.
Mapping the Transfer Landscape for California Community Colleges Quick Facts (Poster), October 2017
Printable 12” x 24” poster displaying quick facts on high-leverage learners who are “near” or “at” the transfer gate and comparing them to transfer achievers who made it “through” the gate to university.
Mapping the Transfer Landscape for California Community Colleges Quick Facts , October 2017
Printable two-sided 8.5” x 11” infographic displaying quick facts on high-leverage learners who are “near” or “at” the transfer gate and comparing them to transfer achievers who made it “through the gate" to university.