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“ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND HOPE YOU MEET THE RIGHT PEOPLE”:
A CASE STUDY ANALYZING THE TRANSITION EXPERIENCE OF
COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE
TRANSFER PROGRAM AT A SELECTIVE UNIVERSITY
by
Carmen Soto
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF EDUCATION
May 2011
Copyright 2011 Carmen Soto
Object Description
| Title | “Ask a lot of questions and hope you meet the right people”: a case study analyzing the transition experience of community college transfer students involved in the transfer program at a selective university |
| Author | Soto, Carmen |
| Author email | carmenso@usc.edu; carmn.soto@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Education |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Education (Counseling Psychology) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-01-18 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-02-15 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Venegas, Kristan |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Tobey, Patricia Enciso, Martha |
| Abstract | The transition experience of community college transfer students at a highly selective university is marked by several difficulties, most notably a change from a seemingly non-competitive environment to one in which students are in constant competition with their peers and having to meet higher faculty expectations. Transferring from a public, open-access community college to a highly selective, private, research university is not an easy feat. Compounded with being from a traditionally disadvantaged community, in terms of finances, age, educational attainment, ethnicity, or a mix of several characteristics, it is no surprise that the transition process would be difficult. This qualitative study examined the transitional experiences of eight community college transfer students at a highly selective, private university through the lens of Nancy K. Schlossberg's (1995) Transition Theory. This study revealed that the coping mechanisms (both innate and acquired) of the study participants were positively affected by a transition-based program at the students' senior institution, leading to a relatively quick transition to the institution despite the difficulty. |
| Keyword | community college; private universities; Schlossberg's Transition Theory; student transition; traditionally underserved students; transfer students |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3661 |
| Rights | Soto, Carmen |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Soto-4011 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume40/etd-Soto-4011.pdf |
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| Full text | “ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND HOPE YOU MEET THE RIGHT PEOPLE”: A CASE STUDY ANALYZING THE TRANSITION EXPERIENCE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE TRANSFER PROGRAM AT A SELECTIVE UNIVERSITY by Carmen Soto A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF EDUCATION May 2011 Copyright 2011 Carmen Soto |
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