The Florida Articulation Agreement and common course numbering make transferring from a Florida College System (FCS) institution to a Florida State University System (SUS)
institution almost seamless. With 28 state colleges across the sunshine state, many students opt to begin their college careers in these institutions that were all once known as community
colleges. The purpose of this study was to examine if transferring from an FCS institution after the first two years of undergraduate study and earning an associate's degree negatively
affects student success in terms of bachelor's degree attainment, academic performance, and time to bachelor's degree. Students that earned an associate of arts (AA) degree from any of the
28 FCS institutions and then transferred into the University of Florida (UF) were compared with their native rising junior counterparts at UF. This study found that overall rising juniors
did outperform the associate of arts degree FCS transfer student peers. Rising juniors did better in overall graduation grade point average (GPA), time to degree, and in bachelor's degree
attainment in six years or less. African American associate of arts degree earning transfer students however, did earn higher GPAs than their African American rising junior counterparts.
College personnel and student affairs professionals should continue to study the transfer student population as a unique subset of students to better understand the different challenges
they face at the university level and how they can be best prepared for academic success. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Philosophy. / Fall Semester 2015. / October 6, 2015. / Articulation, Junior, Rising, Student, Success, Transfer / Includes bibliographical references. / Shouping Hu, Professor Directing Dissertation; Lance Dehaven-Smith, University Representative; Robert Schwartz, Committee Member; David Tandberg,
Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_291342 |
| Contributors | Stratton, Theodore (authoraut), Hu, Shouping (professor directing dissertation), deHaven-Smith, Lance (university representative), Schwartz, Robert A. (committee member), Tandberg, David A. (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Education (degree granting college), Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (degree granting department) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (118 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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