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COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENT INVOLVEMENT EXPERIENCES
AT A SELECTIVE, PRIVATE FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY
by
Carolina Castillo
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
December 2011
Copyright 2011 Carolina Castillo
Object Description
| Title | Community college transfer student involvement experiences at a selective, private four-year university |
| Author | Castillo, Carolina |
| Author email | ccastill@usc.edu;xkna@hotmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-11-01 |
| Date submitted | 2011-11-21 |
| Date approved | 2011-11-22 |
| Restricted until | 2011-11-22 |
| Date published | 2011-11-22 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Sundt, Melora |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Kezar, Adriana Melguizo, Tatiana |
| Abstract | This dissertation tested the constructs of academic and social involvement and adjustment on grades as a pathway to explain community college transfer student experiences beyond the concept of transfer shock. The study contributes to the growing body of literature on Latina(o) community college transfer student experiences with the application of conventional theories of student involvement at a traditional, highly diverse institution. The presence of transfer shock was examined as well as the degree to which the community college transfer student involvement model helped to explain student persistence, as defined by GPA. It was hypothesized that Latina(o) student involvement in social and academic activities would positively contribute to persistence. Factorial analysis of variance was used to test the relationship between two key variables: social and academic involvement and four independent variables: race/ethnicity, age, major, and gender. The analyses focused on seven research questions that examined the relationship between these variables and were conducted with two groups: the total sample of 517 students and a sub-sample of 75 Latina(o) students. The results of the study confirmed that the community college transfer student involvement pathway worked for the large sample. However, the pathway was not a good fit for explaining Latina(o) student involvement experiences. The student engagement construct is reviewed as a better fit for studying underrepresented transfer students’ higher education experiences. Limitations of the study are discussed including implications for practice and recommendations for future research. |
| Keyword | community college transfer; higher education; latino community college student |
| 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-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Castillo, Carolina |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume6/etd-CastilloCa-430-1.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENT INVOLVEMENT EXPERIENCES AT A SELECTIVE, PRIVATE FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY by Carolina Castillo A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION December 2011 Copyright 2011 Carolina Castillo |
