Running the STEM Gauntlet: The Complicity of Four-Year Universities in the Transfer Penalty

Diane Cárdenas Elliott () and Joni M. Lakin ()
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Diane Cárdenas Elliott: Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Joni M. Lakin: Auburn University

Research in Higher Education, 2020, vol. 61, issue 4, No 5, 540-565

Abstract: Abstract Students who transfer between institutions of higher education often experience a transfer penalty or a decrease in the odds of degree completion. While the transfer pathway is deemed a responsibility shared between 2- and 4-year institutions, failures in the transfer process are typically attributed to community colleges. The aim of this study was to examine the post-transfer experiences of STEM community college transfer students with particular emphasis placed on how institutional policies and practices at 4-year institutions contributed to the transfer penalty and poorer attainment rates of this population. Implications for future research and interventions are discussed.

Keywords: Transfer penalty; STEM; Community colleges (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/s11162-019-09586-4

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