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What Matters in Increasing Community College Students' Upward Transfer to the Baccalaureate Degree: Findings from the Beginning Postsecondary Study 2003-2009

1) What is the relative impact of community college students’ choice of program of study, academic and social participation in college, academic performance in college, external demands, and background characteristics upon their rates of transfer to 4-year institutions? 2) Which institutional characteristics of community colleges help explain differences in individual probability of transfer after considering student-level characteristics? 3) Which state characteristics and state-level articulation and transfer policies help explain differences in upward transfer probability among students entering public 2-year colleges, after controlling for influential student and college characteristics?

Supporting Future Scientists: Predicting Minority Student Participation in the STEM Opportunity Structure in Higher Education

Researches STEM persistence by identifying the educational experiences and institutional contexts that contribute to student access and involvement in the opportunity structure. The STEM opportunity structure are extracurricular and co-curricular activities that boost performance within STEM majors.