Navigating the Pathway to a Bachelor's Degree: How State Policies Shape Student Success and Completion After Transfer
In the February 2019 Teaching and Learning for Student Success monthly webinar, Dr. Catherine Olivarez and Kelsey Kunkle explore the effect that state policies have on Latinx students' ability to transfer seamlessly between community college and university. Their interviews with Latinx transfer students at a single university demonstrate that gaps in knowledge about state policy have adverse effects on students, forcing them to pay more, change their majors, or withdraw from college even if for a brief hiatus.