Socialization and Adjustment: Examining the Influential Factors of Community College Transfer Students in STEM Majors

• In Event: Roundtable Session 78
  In Roundtable Session: Postsecondary STEM 1

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the socialization factors that impact the academic and social adjustment of community college transfer students in STEM majors. A survey instrument was used to collect data concerning the background characteristics, and community college and university experiences of transfer students. Quantitative analysis including, descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test, and hierarchical multiple regression models were used to analyze the data. Two separate hierarchical multiple regression models were used to examine the background characteristics and the community college and university variables that predict academic and social adjustment. The results suggested that background characteristics, community college experiences and university experiences impacted the academic and social adjustment of community college transfer students.

Author

• Dimitra Lynette Jackson, Texas Tech University