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Autor/in | Turner, Caroline Sotello Viernes |
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Titel | A California Case Study: Organizational Determinants of the Transfer of Hispanic Students from Two- to Four-Year Colleges in the Bay Area. |
Quelle | (1988), (59 Seiten) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | College Curriculum; College Transfer Students; Educational Mobility; Educational Opportunities; Higher Education; Hispanic American Students; Institutional Characteristics; Intercollegiate Cooperation; Mentors; Organizational Climate; Racial Balance; Student College Relationship; Student Placement; Transfer Rates (College); Two Year College Students; California Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Bildungsmobilität; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hochschulkooperation; Organisationsklima; Schülerpraktikum; Kalifornien |
Abstract | A study was conducted to identify organizational factors facilitating or inhibiting the transfer of Hispanic students from California community colleges to four-year institutions. Using the Kanter model of structural determinants for organizational behavior, the study examined opportunity structures (e.g., placement procedures and mobility prospects); routes to organizational power (e.g., student participation in extra-curricular activities and home, work, or campus alliances); and representation (i.e., the proportions of Hispanic and non-Hispanic White students within the community college student body). Three mid-sized, suburban community colleges were selected as study sites. One college had high transfer rates for both Hispanic and non-Hispanic White students, one had low transfer rates for both groups, and the third had a high transfer rate for non-Hispanic White students and a low transfer rate for Hispanic students. Interviews and surveys were used to gather information on college structures and routines from students, staff, and faculty. Study findings included the following: (1) Hispanic students were overrepresented in remedial English courses; (2) the college with the high transfer rates offered a remedial English course tailored especially for Hispanic students; (3) on-campus employment was found to help students use the educational system effectively; and (4) the colleges with high and discrepant transfer rates had more organizational vehicles for communication with their student bodies than the college with low transfer rates. (AJL) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |