Multiple-transfer students in a public urban university: Background characteristics and interinstitutional movements |
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Authors: | Gretchen Warner Kearney Barbara K Townsend Terrence J Kearney |
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Institution: | (1) University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Road, Box 2000, 53141-2000 Kenosha, WI;(2) Department of Leadership, University of Memphis, Patterson Hall 113, 38152 Memphis, TN;(3) Department of Marketing, Marquette University College of Business Administration, 53233 Milwaukee, WI |
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Abstract: | Little research has been conducted on multiple-transfer students, those students who transfer more than once during their collegiate careers. In this study, background characteristics and previous interinstitutional movements of a sample of multiple transfers enrolled at a large, urban, public university were examined. These students moved along four different transfer paths before enrolling at the university, where they comprised one-fifth of new undergraduate enrollments. Their paths differed significantly on a number of demographic, institutional, and interaction variables. Overall, these students were academic achievers with high socioeconomic status backgrounds, who focused on academic quality and programs in choosing four-year colleges. Their tendency to transfer among large, inexpensive, public institutions has negative implications for the private sector of higher education. |
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