Transfer students

The number of college transfer students increased by 4.4% last fall, with over half of all transfer students returning from stopping out, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

In The Chronicle of Higher Education, Huriya Jabbar and Lauren Schudde, authors of a new book on repairing the college transfer process, discuss the role four-year public institutions play in…

New Colorado legislation that strengthens the state’s credit transfer policies and makes them more transparent could become “a commonly replicated model” for states across the country, says Inside Higher Ed.

Manuela Castano (B’24) shares how Georgetown’s Mastering the Hidden Curriculum course prepared her for success as a first-generation college student.

Experts are cautiously optimistic after a new report shows the number of students transferring from two-year community colleges to four-year higher education institutions increased in Fall 2023, particularly among historically…

The transfer system is failing to work for community college students interested in earning a bachelor’s degree, according to two new reports, which call on higher education institutions to improve…

The Department of Education is focusing on partnerships between two- and four-year colleges that improve a transfer system where students from underserved communities often face obstacles to completing a four-year…

Improving the transfer process from community colleges to four-year institutions is crucial as higher education seeks to build more diverse campuses and foster more equitable outcomes for underrepresented students, experts…

“The transfer application process reflects the inequitable state of higher education,” says a new report from the Common App that provides one of the first nationwide datasets on transfer applications…

As transfer enrollment rates fall, colleges and advocates are pushing to streamline the path from community colleges to four-year universities.