No, I will be the only presenterCommittee: Group I: Admissions and Enrollment Management
First Learning Outcome: Understand the challenges of recruiting distinct transfer populations
Second Learning Outcome: Learn how to engage the college community in recruiting transfer students
Third Learning Outcome: Provide resources and knowledge to facilitate transfer student success
Core Competency: Diversity and Inclusion
Proficiency: Transfer & Articulation Proficiency
Intended Audience: New to the Profession
This session will focus on findings from a research study examining how BIPOC students use different types of capital associated with cultural and social capital (Bourdieu, 1986; Bourdieu & Coleman, 2019) and institutional agents (Stanton-Salazar, 1997, 2011) to navigate the transfer process from community college to a four-year institution into STEM degree programs.
Laanan et al. (2016) propose examining the different types of capital of individuals within the context of community colleges and universities, including transfer capital, academic experiences, institutional characteristics, and social experiences to advance the study of transfer success in higher education. Bensimon et al. (2019) suggest that various types of capital and institutional agents have contributed to successful transitions from community college to a four-year university for students of color pursuing STEM degrees.
The following research questions will be addressed in this study:
I. How do students of color use their experiences to navigate the transfer process into STEM majors from community college to a selective public research institution?
II. What types of tools and strategies do students of color use to successfully navigate the transfer and transition process into their STEM majors from community college to a selective public research institution?
This presentation will focus on the findings from interviews conducted with BIPOC transfer students pursuing STEM degrees who have successfully transferred from a two-year to a four-year institution, including what has helped them through the process.
This research serves organizations recruiting students of color to increase STEM majors within the institution. This research will also help BIPOC students, families, and the connections responsible for recruiting URM students within the community, including high school counselors, transfer advisors, and pre-college and admissions professionals.
Presenter(s):
Angela Brockelsby North Carolina State University
Student Voices: Activating Strengths and Strategies to Navigate the Transfer Process from Two-year to Four-year Institutions
Category
Research Sessions
Description
How do BIPOC students use different types of capital, including cultural and social capital and institutional agents, to navigate the transfer process from two-year to four-year institutions into STEM degree programs? Laanan et al. (2016) suggest examining capital, including transfer capital, academic experiences, institutional and social experiences to advance the study of transfer success in higher education. The session will focus on student experiences to guide transfer strategies for higher ed.
Submission ID: 19465
Room D139-140L: 4/4/2022, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM