Bridging the Gaps to Success: Promising Practices for Promoting Transfer Among Low-Income and First-Generation Students
Organization: Smith, C.T., Miller, A., & Bermeo, C.A. The Pell Institute
It is vital that community colleges increase their retention and preparation of students so they can successfully transfer to a four-year institution. This report analyzes 6 Texas schools with high transfer rates in order to better understand the institutional characteristics, practices, and policies that might contribute to assuring that students matriculate and excel in community college and transfer to four-year institutions.
Citation
Smith, C.T., Miller, A., & Bermeo, C.A. (2009). Bridging the Gaps to Success-Promising Practices for Promoting Transfer Among Low-Income and First-Generation Students. The Pell Institute. Retrieved January 10, 2011 from: http://www.pellinstitute.org/pdf/COE_Pell_Report_layout_3.pdf