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Schools start to embrace transfer students.(NEWSWATCH)
With more students beginning their higher ed careers at affordable community colleges and more older learners returning to school in a tough economy, colleges are finding the value in transfer students.
More than 40% of students responding to the 2008 National Survey of Student Engagement were classified as transfer students. These students are less likely to interact with faculty, participate in campus activities, collaborate with classmates or seek career counseling, according to the ...
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