African American Transfer Tipping Point (AATTP) Study 

African American Transfer Tipping Point (AATTP) Study

Timeline: 2020-present

This research aims to identify key factors influencing transfer success among high-leverage African American/Black learners in the California Community Colleges system. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the project seeks to identify “tipping points” that facilitate their transfer success. The study was designed to answer two critical sets of research questions:

• Where along the academic continuum are we losing the greatest proportions of African American/Black students who leave without transferring? Conversely, where are the tipping points that signal students’ transition from being unlikely to reach their transfer goal to being significantly more likely to do so?

• What are the factors (both academic and non-academic) that contribute to African American/Black students’ likelihood of reaching the tipping point? Which programs and practices are associated with greater persistence to and through the tipping points and, ultimately, the transfer gate?

This project was generously funded by Lumina Foundation. For more information, see Project Overview.