ABSTRACT As more students begin their higher education trajectory in community colleges in the US, there are few studies investigating the choice process for community college transfer students. This study draws on models of college choice to examine community college student transfer decisions. Using longitudinal administrative data, we examine institutional characteristics associated with students’ decisions about enrollment. We find that most transfers were to a relatively small subset of public, research institutions, despite a large and diverse set of options. Our results also indicate notable student subgroup preferences associated with measures of institutional support and quality for schools in student choice sets.

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选择转学院校：检查德克萨斯州社区学院学生转学至四年制院校的决定


摘要 随着越来越多的学生在美国社区大学开始接受高等教育，很少有研究调查社区大学转学生的选择过程。本研究利用大学选择模型来检验社区学院学生的转学决定。使用纵向管理数据，我们研究了与学生入学决定相关的制度特征。我们发现，尽管有大量且多样化的选择，但大多数转移都流向了相对较小的公共研究机构。我们的结果还表明，与学生选择集中学校的机构支持和质量衡量标准相关的显着的学生亚群体偏好。