Literature Review Blog #1

Mark D’Amico is Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership (Higher Education) and former director of the doctoral program in Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

His research is focused on community colleges and currently is researching the Higher Education, Community College Review, Community College Journal of Research and Practice, Journal of College Student Retention. His areas of interests are :

Community college student success

The community college role in workforce development
Higher education leadership and policy

Therefore choosing his article on Early Integration and Other Outcomes for Community College Transfer Students is a crucial material for my topic. I can relate to the data and the survey analysis use it for my main argument and better comprehend the theoretical model behind the transition process..

• D'Amico, Mark M., Sandra L. Dika, Theodore W. Elling, Bob Algozzine, and Donna J. Ginn. Early Integration and Other Outcomes for Community College Transfer Students. Second ed. (Received: 26 March 2013 / Published online: 7 November 2013. New York: Springer Science Business Media, 2013. Print.

Summery: The article explores academic and social integration of for community college transfer student. Using Vincent Tinto's theory "Longitudinal Model of Institutional Departure" . In order to full comprehend the circumstances of transfer students there were couple of tools used. A) comprehensive survey administered in fist semester enrollment, B)matched data with the institution's student record system, and C)relevance to transfer students population at the institution. Better understanding the academic and social integration as well as independent and dependent variables the article seeks to better comprehend how these factors help or interfere with the academic success of transfer students.

Key Terms: Transfer student adjustment Integration. Development. Transition. Community College. Social Involvement . Success. Participation in Clubs.

Quotes: “the most prevalent indicator of student satisfaction … is transfer preparedness. This may include counseling, advice from faculty and staff, and having an understanding of academic 

requirements” (D’Amico pg.373).  

"They note that community college students have less social contact with the institution. It is not that 

they are not social , but rather their social outlets were outside of the college" (D’Amico pg.374).

 

"evaluate the statistically significant predictors of early academic and social integration, and those of

first and second semester student performance outcomes (earned hours and GPA) among

community college transfer students at the institution under study." (D’Amico pg.383).