Blurring the lines: transforming terminal education to transfer education

In this article, the author examines the emergence of a new definition of community college transfer education. This phenomenon exhibits the growing integration of terminal and transfer education as community college students traditionally regarded as terminal start to dominate the traditional transfer mission of the community college. Once defined as the general education component or first two years of a baccalaureate, transfer education is taking on the role of courses that transfer to a four-year college, regardless of the nature of the courses. Courses once designated as non-transfer or t ... Show more

Authors: Townsend, Barbara K.

Published: San Francisco, California, Jossey-Bass, 2001

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