Show Me the Way: Analyzing the Impact of Advising on Transfer-Intending Community College Student Success

• In Event: 67.070 - Sheraton Roundtable 14 - Grand Centre
  In Roundtable Session: 67.070-4 - Supporting Student Transfer in Higher Education

Abstract

Advising attends to core elements of each student’s success: setting academic goals based on transfer and/or career interests, developing an academic plan to attain those goals, and staying on track until those goals are met. Yet, there is little research that details the importance of advising on academic performance and long-term goals, such as students’ grade point averages (GPA) and transfer (Hagen & Jordan, 2008). In this study, we seek to explore the relationships among transfer services, student engagement, and academic performance (which we use GPA to measure) for transfer-seeking community college students. We use a transfer student capital framework (Moser, 2013) and multiple linear regression to analyze data from the Community College Survey of Student Engagement.

Authors

• Catherine Hartman, The University of Texas at Austin

• Marisol Garza, The University of Texas at Austin

• Colleen Bullock, Center for Community College Student Engagement

• E. Michael Bohlig, Center for Community College Student Engagement - University of Texas at Austin