The Transfer Function in Minority Community Colleges with Chicano Students.

Autor/in	Rendon, Laura I.
Titel	The Transfer Function in Minority Community Colleges with Chicano Students.
Quelle	(1980), (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Stellungnahme; Access to Education; Articulation (Education); College Transfer Students; Community Colleges; Educational Mobility; Hispanic Americans; Minority Groups; School Responsibility; Student Attrition; Student Problems; Transfer Programs; Two Year Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Community college; Community College; Bildungsmobilität; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Ethnische Minderheit; Schülerbeurlaubung; Studienproblem
Abstract	After discussing several issues related to the disproportionately large number of minority students who initiate baccalaureate studies at two-year colleges, this paper urges minority community colleges to strengthen the college transfer function. The paper first summarizes the problems and characteristics of today's community college transfer student; statistically demonstrates the disproportionate concentration of minority students at two-year colleges; and points out that while community colleges have increased minority access to education, they have not succeeded in reducing minority attrition. The underrepresentation of Hispanics in higher education is then examined, as are the socioeconomic barriers to educational success faced by Hispanic students and the need to address these barriers in college articulation agreements. Finally, the paper presents ten recommendations for minority transfer education: (1) make transfer education a top institutional priority; (2) aggressively recruit minorities; (3) complete articulation agreements with high schools and universities; (4) place an individual in charge of the transfer process; (5) assess minority students' educational needs; (6) study retention/attrition factors; (7) conduct follow-up studies of transfer students; (8) establish a retention program; (9) provide counseling and support services; and (10) conduct relevant institutional research. (JP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01