TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring Between-Sector Transfers
T2 - Why For-Profit University Students Switch to Public Institutions
AU - Ott, Molly
AU - Zimmerman, Thomas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This study explores the choices and experiences of undergraduates who transfer out of for-profit 4-year universities and matriculate into a public university. Interviews with students who moved from one of seven 4-year for-profit universities to a single public university during Fall 2021 indicated a combination of academic and financial factors that precipitated their decisions to transfer. Specific academic-related issues included lack of alignment between students’ interests and the school's available degrees, quality concerns, and institutional policies and practices that restricted students’ agency in making decisions about their academic program of study. Affordability was also a major consideration for many study participants. Attending the for-profit was a low-cost option initially but changes in aid packages and/or tuition prices motivated them to seek less expensive options elsewhere.
AB - This study explores the choices and experiences of undergraduates who transfer out of for-profit 4-year universities and matriculate into a public university. Interviews with students who moved from one of seven 4-year for-profit universities to a single public university during Fall 2021 indicated a combination of academic and financial factors that precipitated their decisions to transfer. Specific academic-related issues included lack of alignment between students’ interests and the school's available degrees, quality concerns, and institutional policies and practices that restricted students’ agency in making decisions about their academic program of study. Affordability was also a major consideration for many study participants. Attending the for-profit was a low-cost option initially but changes in aid packages and/or tuition prices motivated them to seek less expensive options elsewhere.
KW - for-profit universities
KW - horizontal transfers
KW - lateral transfers
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U2 - 10.1177/15210251231161828
DO - 10.1177/15210251231161828
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85150735317
SN - 1521-0251
JO - Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice
JF - Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice
ER -