The Community College Route to the Bachelor’s Degree

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The Multiple Dimensions of Transfer: Examining the Transfer Function in American Higher Education (2017, methodology): “…that many state transfer policies are intended to preserve credits and reduce credit loss in students’ transition to a different institution, and various studies have examined the nature and degree of credit loss during transfer (Bowls, 1988; Monaghan & Attewell, 2015; Pincus & DeCamp, 1989).”
Community Colleges and Upward Mobility (2019, unknown): “See Monaghan and Attewell (2015) for a propensity score matching approach that suggests the importance of credit loss during 2-year to 4-year transfer, and Xu (2018) for evidence suggesting adverse impacts of 2-year colleges’ greater reliance on part-time adjunct faculty relative to 4-year instituti”
Psychosocial Factors and Community College Student Success (2017, background): “Second, statistics have consistently shown a low degree of completion rates and associate’s degree attainment (Fike & Fike, 2008) or transfer to a 4-year university for community college students (Monaghan & Attewell, 2015).”