"For many students, vertical transfer (transfer from an associate's to a bachelor's program) is less a bridge than a maze. Typically, about 80 percent of community college students say they intend to earn a bachelor's degree, yet only about 30 percent ever transfer and roughly 16 percent complete a bachelor's within six years. Yet under these topline numbers, outcomes vary widely. And figuring out which combinations of student actions and background factors matter, and which pathways are most promising, can be a complicated mess."
"Transfer students differ from each other in many significant ways, including their GPAs, credits they've earned, when they transfer, their majors and life circumstances. Institutions also vary in alignment of requirements across general education and majors, and in the extent to which they support transfer students. Many of these attributes of both students and colleges are correlated with one another, making it hard to untangle what really matters in transfer student success."
About 80 percent of community college students say they intend to earn a bachelor's degree; only about 30 percent transfer and roughly 16 percent complete a bachelor's within six years. Outcomes vary widely by student and institutional characteristics. Student factors include GPA, earned credits, transfer timing, major, and life circumstances. Institutional factors include alignment of general-education and major requirements and support for transfer students. Many attributes correlate with one another, complicating causal inference. Using LASSO regression offers a way to build predictive models that reduce less-important variables, isolate influential factors, and estimate probabilities of positive transfer outcomes.
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