Postsecondary Student mobility from College to University: Experience and Policy

Authors
Wilfrid Laurier University
K. Gerhardt
B. Arai
M. Carroll
M. Ackerman
Reference Number
2012-12
Date
Status
Abstract
College transfer students are not a homogenous group and to treat them as such does not attend to the differences that we have observed. • It is important to note that transfer between programs within an individual university (i.e. transferring from an Arts major to a Science major) is not seamless and involves different agreements on transferring credits; thus, even students who are transferring to new programs within the same university do not represent a homogeneous population...