Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Research Blog #3

             Transfer students face privatization as soon as they transfer from their public school to other academic institutions. Community colleges are government funded public establishments that are easily manageable both financially and academically. However, once transfer student finishes 2 years of community college and chooses to attend 4 year institution, most of the time, they go to a private school where they face various adversities. The private universities are not obligated to report every crime or disturbance that takes place within the schools walls. Therefore a lot of problems are discreetly swept under the rug. Moreover, due to private factor lots of students face dilemmas with credit and evaluations. They are stuck in classes they do not need and loose the credits they have worked hard for, simply because they transfer from public to private institution and private school has its right to accept or reject whatever credit they see fit.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

New Semester - Research Blog #1 - #2 scouting the territory (comments)


         I would like to address the subject of transfer students in 4 year universities.  What types of problems they face and how disadvantageous is their situation, when they start new school. Average GPA drop of a transfer student in Rutgers University is 0.7 . So if a 4.0 student transfers to Rutgers after first semester he or she has 3.2 GPA. It is a quite overwhelming and terrifying number. Therefore, I would like to deeply examine this  issue, and help out my fellow students in adapting to the new environment.