Reports and Resources 

Reports and Resources

Briefs and Reports

• February 2025: You Can’t Count If You’re Not Counted: More Inclusive Data Collection and Reporting Strategies to Drive African American/Black Student Success
  A Position Paper about how race and ethnicity data are currently being collected at the federal and state levels and the implications of these practices for students.

• January 2025: In Students’ Own Words: The African American Transfer Tipping Point
  Research brief summarizing findings from interviews with African American/Black students about the moment they knew they would be successful in their transfer journeys.

• October 2024: Infographic: Facilitators of and Barriers to Transfer for African American/Black Students
  Infographic from Phase 1 of the African American Transfer Tipping Point Project.

• The African American Transfer Tipping Point: Exploring the Transfer Journeys of Over 7,000 African American/Black Community College Students, October 2023
  Report sharing findings from the third phase of the African American Transfer Tipping Point study.

• October 2022: African American Transfer Tipping Point - Brief 1 of 3
  Research brief featuring findings from the African American Transfer Tipping Point study of factors influencing the success of transfer-motivated African American/Black students.

• October 2022: African American Transfer Tipping Point - Brief 2 of 3
  Research brief providing information gathered from conversations with college practitioners and transfer-motivated students regarding why certain factors, namely counseling, academic probation, Umoja, and instructional faculty, may act as facilitators of or barriers to transfer for African American/Black students.

• October 2022: African American Transfer Tipping Point - Brief 3 of 3
  Research brief highlighting key recommendations offered by college practitioners and students from five colleges having success when it comes to transfer for African American/Black students to help other colleges better support transfer-motivated African American/Black community college students.

• November 2022: African American Transfer Tipping Point Study Technical Brief
  Technical report providing detailed methodology and results from the first phase of the African American Transfer Tipping Point study.

Conference Presentations

The RP Group staff have presented more than 40 times at national, state, and local conferences and events as thought leaders on this topic. Here are some samples of these presentations:

• AATTP Phase 1: The Transfer Tipping Point: Identifying Factors Impacting Upward Transfer among African American/Black Community College Students

• AATTP Phase 2: The African American Transfer Tipping Point: Exploring the Transfer Journeys of Over 7,000 African American/Black Community College Students

• AATTP Phase 3: In Students' Own Words: The African American Transfer Tipping Point

• Practical Ways Colleges Can Destigmatize Academic Probation

• Classroom Policies, Practices, and Microaggressions as Mediators of Math Success

Below are some places where our work has been featured. If you would like for The RP Group to present our AATTP research at your organization or college (either broadly or as it relates specifically to your college/organization), please email research@rpgroup.org.

National Conferences

California Conferences

College Presentations