Identifying Factors that Influence the Successful Transition of Criminal Justice Transfer Students

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ID15316396
AutoresJennifer L Hartman (0000-0002-3881-1541, autor de correspondencia), Beth Bjerregaard (0000-0001-5719-9792), Vivian B Lord
Año2009
Volumen20
Número2
Páginas173-193
Fecha de publicación2009-05-08
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Criminal Justice Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1051-1253 • E-ISSN: 1745-9117
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10511250902921495
OpenAlexW2026171633
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas38

Higher educational institutions place a priority on the retention and timely graduation of students. Previous literature has identified transfer students to have unique concerns and that these concerns vary by major. While previous retention research has reported factors that influence students’ decision to remain in college, many of these studies treated transfer status as a homogenous group. The university in this study enrolls a high percentage of transfer students, and a large percentage of these transfers students enroll in Criminal Justice classes and become Criminal Justice majors. To determine if there are unique risk factors among Criminal Justice transfer students, this study uses multiple measures of transfer status to identify factors that might impact a students’ (1) university involvement, (2) GPA, (3) satisfaction with and sense of belonging to their university and (4) thereby influence their decision to remain in school. The proposition that transfer students as compared to native (nontransfer) students differ on how they face university challenges was also examined. While several variables were found to be important to students’ adjustment to the University, transfer status does not appear to be significant risk factor. Implications of the results are discussed

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