ERIC_NO:
ED324081
TITLE:
A Comparison of Transfer Student Outcomes at Temple, LaSalle, West Chester, Widener and Thomas Jefferson Universities: Institutional Research
Report #55. CCP Student Transfer Outcomes at Widener University:
Institutional Research Report #50. Former CCP Transfer Outcomes at Hahnemann
University, 1987-88 School Year: In-Brief #57.
AUTHOR:
Grosset, Jane
PUBLICATION_DATE:
1990
ABSTRACT:
Part of a series of reports on transfer research conducted by the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP), these three reports examine transfer
outcomes among former CCP students who matriculated at four-year universities
in Pennsylvania. The first report compares CCP transfer student outcomes
at Temple, LaSalle, West Chester, Widener, and Thomas Jefferson Universities,
examining admissions outcomes, grade point averages (GPA's), program
enrollment, and persistence patterns. The second report examines specific
transfer outcomes among 100 former CCP students who enrolled at Widener
University between fall 1984 and spring 1989, focusing on CCP program
of study and credits earned, as well as persistence, graduation, and
dismissal patterns at Widener. The third report provides a brief review
of the transfer outcomes of 47 former CCP students accepted for the 1987-88
school year at Hahnemann University, examining retention rates and GPA's
at the start of the second year. Results of the studies included the
following: (1) acceptance rates for CCP students were highest at LaSalle;
(2) among students attending universities that provided GPA data, students
at Temple were most likely to have a GPA above 2.0; (3) graduation rates
were highest at Widener University; (4) students at Widener who had earned
more than 55 credits at CCP were the most likely to be dismissed from
Widener for academic reasons; and (5) 82.9% of the first-year CCP transfer
students at Hahnemann University earned an average GPA of 2.46 and continued
on for a second year. (GFW)
MAJOR_DESCRIPTORS:
Academic Achievement; Academic Persistence; College Transfer Students; Grade Point Average; Two Year College Students;
MINOR DESCRIPTORS:
College Admission; College Credits; College Graduates; Community Colleges; Comparative Analysis; Followup Studies; Higher Education; Outcomes of Education; Student Attrition; Student Characteristics; Two Year Colleges; Universities; Withdrawal (Education);
PUBLICATION_TYPE:
143; 110