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Resources

Resources for Students:
  • Antonoff, S. (1999). The college finder. New York: Ballantine.

  • Davis, K. (2005). Financing college: How much you’ll really have to pay and how to get the money. Washington, DC: Kiplinger Washington.

  • Freedman, E. (2001). How to transfer to the college of your choice. Toronto, Ontario: Ten Speed Press.

  • Koch, N. S., & Wasson, K. W. (2002). The transfer student’s guide to the college experience. New York: Houghton Mifflin.

  • Nemko, M. (2004). The all-in-one college guide: A more-results, less-stress plan for choosing, getting into, finding the money for, and making the most out of college. Hauppauge: Barron.


Resources for Educators:
  • Adelman, C. (2005). Moving into town-and moving on: The community college in the lives of traditional-age students. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.

  • Boswell, K. (2004, November). Bridges or barriers? Public policy and the community college transfer function. Change, 36(6), 22-29.

  • Cabrera, A., & La Nasa, S. (2000, Fall). Understanding the college-choice process. In A. F. Cabrera & S. M. La Nasa (Eds.). New Directions for Institutional Research, 107: Understanding the College Choice of Disadvantaged Students (pp. 5-22). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

  • Cabrera, A., & La Nasa, S. (2000). Overcoming the tasks on the path to college for America’s disadvantaged. In A. F. Cabrera & S. M. La Nasa (Eds.). New Directions for Institutional Research, 107: Understanding the College Choice of Disadvantaged Students (pp. 31-43). Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass.

  • Carlson, S. (2006, Jan 13). Wanted: Female computer-science students: Colleges work to attract and support women in technology majors. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 52(19), A35-A38.

  • Chubin, D. (2002, May 24). Producing minority engineers. Sciencecareers.org. Retrieved June 1, 2006, from http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/previous_issues/articles/1470/ producing_minority_engineers/(parent)/158

  • Cohen, A. M. (2003). The community colleges and the path to the baccalaureate (Research and Occasional Paper Series CSHE.4.03). Berkeley, CA: Center for Studies in Higher Education.

  • Cohen, A. M. (2005). The future of transfer. Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 12(2), 85-91.

  • College Entrance Examination Board. (1996). The College handbook for transfer students. New York: College Entrance Examination Board.

  • Diceroce, D. M. (2005). How to make community colleges the first leg of a journey. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 52(10), B22.

  • Florida Department of Education. (2003). Transfer students earn more than traditional classmates. Community College Times, American Association of Community Colleges, June 10, 2003.

  • Fogg, N., Harrington, P., & Harrington, T. (2004). College Majors Handbook with Real Career Paths and Payoffs: The Actual Jobs, Earnings, and Trends for Graduates of 60 College Majors. Indianapolis, IN: JIST.

  • Forman, S. L., & Steen, L. A. (1999). Why math? Applications in science, engineering, and technological programs. Washington, DC. American Association of Community Colleges. (AACC-RB-00-2)

  • Hughes, W. J. (2002). Gender attributions of science and academic attributes: An examination of undergraduate science, mathematics, and technology majors. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 8(1), 53-65.

  • Hurtado, S. (1996). Latino student transition to college: Assessing difficulties and factors in successful college adjustment. Research in Higher Education, 37(2), 135-157.

  • Kintzer, F. C. (1981). Articulation/transfer agreements: Alternative approaches. OECC News, Spring 1981. Washington, DC: American Council on Education.

  • Kintzer, F. C. (1983). The multidimensional problem of articulation and transfer. Los Angeles, CA: ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges. (Eric Document Reproduction Service No. ED288577)

  • Lerman, R. I., Riegg S. K., & Salzman, H. (2000). The role of community colleges in expanding the supply of information technology workers. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor.

  • Laanan, F. S. (1998). Beyond transfer shock: A study of students’ college experiences and adjustment processes at UCLA. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles.

  • Laanan, F. S. (2004). Studying transfer students: Part I: Instrument design and implications. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 28(4), 331-351.

  • Look Before You Leave. (2006, April 23) New York Times, p. 4A-28.

  • Lost, Alone and Not a Freshman. (2006, April 23) New York Times, p. 4A-28.

  • Markert, L. R. (1996). Gender related to success in science and technology. Journal of Technology Studies, 22(2), 21-29.

  • Mattis, M.C., & Sislin, J. (Eds.). (2005). Enhancing the community college pathway to engineering careers. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.

  • National Science Foundation. (2002, July). Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering: 2000 (NSF-03-312). Arlington, VA.

  • Nora, A., & Rendón, L. (1990). Determinants of predisposition to transfer among community college students: A structural model. Research in Higher Education, 31(3), 235-255.

  • Poisel, M., & Stinard, C. (2005). Networks for transfer success. Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 12(2), 139-146.

  • Richardson, R. (1987). Fostering minority access and achievement in higher education: The role of urban community colleges and universities. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

  • Rodd, M., & Bartholomew, H. (2006). Invisible and special: Young women’s experiences as undergraduate mathematics students. Gender and Education, 18(1), 35-50.

  • Sauer, K., Jackson, D., Hazelgrove, N., Scott, J., & Ignash, J. (2005). Promoting transfer and articulation in Indiana, Kentucky, and New Jersey: Legislation, policy, organizational structures and technology. Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 12(2), 121-137.

  • Seymour, E. & Hewitt, N. M. (1997). Talking about leaving: Why undergraduates leave the sciences. Westview, Boulder, CO.

  • Shulock, N., & Moore, C. (2005). Diminished access to the baccalaureate for low-income and minority students in California: The impact of budget and capacity constraints on the transfer function. Educational Policy, 19(2), 418-442.

  • Striplin, J. (1999). Facilitating transfer for first-generation community college students. ERIC Digest. Los Angeles, CA: ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED430627)

  • Tapia, R. A., Chubin, D., & Lanius, C. (2000). Promoting national minority leadership in science and engineering, a report on proposed actions. Houston, TX: Rice University.

  • Townsend, B. A. (2000). Transfer students’ institutional attendance patterns: A case study. College and University, 76, 21-24.

  • Volkwein, J. F. (1986). Student-faculty relationships and intellectual growth among transfer students. Journal of Higher Education, 57(4), 13-30.

  • Wyner, J. (2006). Educational equity and the transfer student. Chronicle of Higher Education, 52(23), B6.

  • Zamani, E. M. (2001). Institutional responses to barriers to the transfer process. In F. S. Laanan (Ed.), New Directions for Community Colleges, 114, Understanding Students in Transition: Trends and Issues (pp.15-24). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
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