1. Toya Roberts-Conston African American Male Transfer Students’
From Community College to a 4-Year Urban University:
African American Male Transfer Students’
Degree Attainment
Toya Roberts-Conston

2. Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm X

3. The purpose of this study is to examine whether a predictive relationship exists between institutional GPA, credits earned at time of transfer and 6-year graduation rates for African American male community college transfer students at a four-year university

4. Significance of Study
Research has suggested that community college students are more likely than those attending 4-year institutions to be from low-income, first generation, historically underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups
Disadvantaged students often times lack academic resources, degree aspirations, and social capital in comparison to higher income peers
Community colleges are used as ‘gateways’ to 4-year universities
Postsecondary education is increasingly important to employers and will continue to be in high demand (Carnevale & Rose, 2012).

5. African American Males
Often comparatively less prepared than others for the rigors of college level academic work (Bonner II & Bailey, 2006; Loury, 2004; Palmer, Davis & Hilton, 2009; Harper, 2012)
Completion rates are lowest among both sexes and all racial/ethnic groups in U.S. higher education (Harper, 2006a; Strayhorn, 2010; Harper, 2012)

6. Research Questions
RQ1) Who comprises the African American transfer cohort at the urban university during the academic year? RQ2)For African American males, is the number of credits earned and community college GPA at time of transfer predictive of graduation from the Urban University within 6-years of matriculation?

7. Methodology Archival Data from 2006-2007 Sample population
- African American
- 141 Males; 212 Females
- 219; Transfer from 2-year college
RQ1) Descriptive Statistics
RQ2) Logistic Regression Model

8. RESULTS
Characteristics & Description of Sample

9. Results
Graduation Rates of CC Transfer Students

10. Results
Logistic Regression Analysis (Total Sample)

11. Results
Logistic Regression (Male CC Transfers Only)

12. Results
Logistic Regression (Female CC transfer Only)

13. Results
Total Sample AGE: A one-unit decrease in age results in 7.8% increase in the odds of being a graduate from Urban University. GPA at time of Transfer: A one-unit increase in cumulative GPA results in a 71.5% increase in the odds of being a graduate from Urban University No. of credits at Transfer: A one-unit increase in the number of credits earned at time of transfer results in a 1.8% increase in the odds of being a graduate from Urban University

14. Results
African American Male Two Year CC Transfers AGE: A one-unit decrease in age results in 14.8% increase in the odds of being a graduate from Urban University. No. of credits at Transfer: A one-unit increase in the number of credits earned at time of transfer results in a 3.4% increase in the odds of being a graduate from Urban University

15. Results
African American Female Two Year CC Transfer GPA at time of Transfer: A one-unit increase in cumulative GPA results in a 5.10 increase in the odds of being a graduate from Urban University. No. of credits at Transfer: A one-unit increase in the number of credits earned at time of transfer results in a 2.2% increase in the odds of being a graduate from Urban University

16. Discussion No. of Credits at time of Transfer
a. significant predictor for total sample
b. significant predictor for African American female two year CC transfers
c. a significant predictor for African American male two year CC transfers
GPA at time of Transfer a. significant predictor for total sample b. significant predictor for African American female two year CC transfers c. not a significant predictor for African American male two year CC transfers
Age
significant predictor for total sample
b. not a significant predictor for African American female two year CC transfers
c. Significant predictor for African American male two year CC transfers

17. Limitations
L1) Sample taken from single institution L2) Definition of graduation status L3) Narrow amount of data available from Urban University’s Office of Institutional Research L4) Limited accuracy of the prediction models

18. Implications for Research
Further investigation to examine why 72% of the African American transfer cohort did not stay and graduate from Urban University within 6-years
Further investigation to examine if GPA is an accurate predictor for African American male transfer students
Further investigation to examine enrollment patterns of African American non-traditionally aged two-year CC transfer students

19. Implications for Practice
Programs for two-year CC transfer students that assist with navigation of the four-year university system
Introducing the transfer process to students early on at the two-year CC
Ensure college level work on the CC level is as rigorous as college level work at the University level

20. Questions & Answers