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Beyond the Shock: Examining Academic Success in Veteran Community College Transfers at a Rural Land Grant Institution


Abstract The current study explores differences in transfer shock between veteran and non-veteran community college transfer students at a land grant institution in a rural state. Analysis includes institutional data for community college transfer students, including those who self-identified as veterans or used veteran tuition benefits from Fall 2015 to Spring 2022. Many of these students held marginalized identities in other categories such as nontraditional age. Overall, all community college transfer students in the sample experienced a decrease in mean GPA in their first university semester. Veteran and non-veteran community college transfer students did not experience significantly different levels of transfer shock. However, veteran community college transfer students showed little evidence of transfer shock overall and performed better on average than both their nontraditional and traditional nonveteran student counterparts after transferring.
Authors Amanda C. DeDiego University of WyomingORCID , Jonathan W. Carrier University of WyomingORCID , Stephen Crynes
Journal Info Taylor & Francis | Community College Journal of Research and Practice , vol: 48 , iss: 4 , pages: 250 - 253
Publication Date 3/11/2024
ISSN 1066-8926
TypeKeyword Image article
Open Access closed Closed Access
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2024.2328527
KeywordsKeyword Image Student Veterans (Score: 0.522015) , Veteran-Friendly Campus (Score: 0.510951)