Purpose This paper aims to outline foundational research on adult transition theory and
transfer shock in higher education to provide the reader with a theoretical and practical …

Objective: Community colleges have considerable potential to grow the number of
individuals who complete STEM baccalaureate degrees and to broaden access to …

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic early in 2020 forced universities to shut down their
campuses and transition to emergency remote instruction (ERI). Students had to quickly …

Post-secondary admission and community college (CC) transfer are two common routes of
entry to baccalaureate study. Previous studies comparing the academic performances of …

Course withdrawals have significant cost and curricular implications for both students and
institutions. Yet within the retention literature, little is known about the context or impact of …

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the academic library's role in supporting transfer
student success, specifically by providing information literacy (IL) instruction. This paper …

Research on pathway-based disparities in postsecondary education (PSE) has mounted in
recent decades, indicating that nonlinear pathways may hamper students' academic …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore not only the academic measures such as
grade point average of success of college-to-university transfer programs (Pathway …

As they navigate the social and academic expectations of a new college, transfer students
commonly suffer “transfer shock,” or a sudden drop in GPA. However, little is known about …

This study describes course withdrawal behaviors in the Texas public higher education
institutions and examines the predictors of course withdrawal by using statewide …