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  • enable researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers to identify educational strategies and exemplary practices that promote the success of California community college students

 

  • provide California community colleges with professional research and evaluation expertise to support the adoption of strategies and practices applicable to real time situations at the college level

 

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Successful Transfer Practices - Reedley College

DESCRIPTION

Documentation of successful transfer practices at Reedley College, including 
effective transfer strategies and quantitative research on transfer volume and rates 
including assessing the impact of student services, course-taking patterns, 
transfer readiness and preparedness, and demographics.  More information is 
available at the Transfer Leadership Center website at 
http://www.rpgroup.org/css/TransferLeadershipCenter.html

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CONTACT

Name
Pamela Mery
Organization
City College of San Francisco
Address
50 Phelan Ave., C-306, San Francisco CA 94112
Work Phone
(415) 239-3227
Email
pmery@ccsf.edu

EVIDENCE OF IMPACT/SUCCESS

The literature review includes more than 100 references on transfer issues and 
practices grouped under three major categories: the role of student demographic 
and academic preparation; community college programs and strategies affecting 
transfer; and inter-segmental strategies and policies affecting transfer and the role 
of the state.

The research and analysis components began by identifying colleges with 
consistently higher-than-expected transfer rates, based on a cohort study 
conducted by the State Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges. 

The study followed three cohorts, the last of which began their community college 
enrollment in 2000-01, and all were followed through 2005-06. The top seven-rated 
transfer colleges, which encompassed diverse settings and enrollment profiles, 
were selected for site visits. Each site visit included an average of 15-16 interviews 
and four focus groups, with a combined average participation of 46 individuals who 
were selected to provide a range of different perspectives on the full spectrum of 
factors, interventions, strategies and practices that affect transfer at each college.

TARGET STUDENTS

  • Students Intending to Transfer