Studying Transfer in Higher Education: New Approaches to Enduring and Emerging Topics

EDITORS NOTES 7 Xueli Wang 1. Advancing a New Critical Framework for Transfer Student Research: Implications for Institutional Research 9 Frankie Santos Laanan, Dimpal Jain This chapter uses critical lenses to (re)conceptualize transfer research to answer complex questions about diverse transfer students. 2. Narratives of Success: A Retrospective Trajectory Analysis of Men of Color Who Successfully Transferred from the Community College 23 Marissa Vasquez Urias, Vannessa Falcon, Frank Harris III, J. Luke Wood A narrative approach to inquiry tells the experiences of men of color who successfully transferred and challenges deficit-oriented perspectives on men of color. 3. International Students in Transition: International Community College Transfer Students in a Texas Research University 35 Yi Leaf Zhang This chapter provides a portrait of international transfer students and poses future research questions for better understanding this rising transfer subpopulation. 4. Upward Transfer in STEM Fields of Study: A New Conceptual Framework and Survey Instrument for Institutional Research 49 Xueli Wang A new conceptual framework and its associated survey instrument set the stage for future research on transfer from 2-year to 4-year institutions in STEM fields of study. 5. Shining Light on Higher Education s Newest Baccalaureate Degrees and the Research Needed to Understand Their Impact 61 Debra D. Bragg, Maria Claudia Soler Drawing upon their national studies on Applied Baccalaureate degrees, the authors identify methods and measures to improve future research on these newly developing baccalaureate degrees. 6. Reverse Credit Transfer: Recognizing and Measuring Transfer Student Success 73 Jason L. Taylor Research findings from Credit When It s Due illuminate the potential benefits and risks of reverse credit transfer, and point to new metrics to recognize reverse transfer credits. 7. Multiple Paths to Success: Degree Completion of 4-Year Starters Taking Various Pathways 87 Dai Li An institutional research director uses an in-depth analysis of student enrollment data to reveal the potential contribution of transfer-return to degree completion. 8. Student Flow and Success at 2- and 4-Year Broadly Accessible Institutions 103 Gloria Crisp This chapter charts the movement across institutions of varying selectivity among a national postsecondary cohort, shedding particular light on transfer in and out of broadly accessible institutions. 9. The Evolving Landscape of Transfer Research: Reconciling What We Know in Preparation for a New Era of Heightened Promise and Complexity 115 Xueli Wang, Kelly Wickersham, Ning Sun This volume-culminating chapter critically analyzes the overall body of transfer research, including highlights from this volume and recommendations for institutional researchers and higher education scholars. INDEX 123

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