ABSTRACT
Th is chapter reports on research of the Study of Economic, Informational, and Cultural Barriers to Community College Student Transfer Access at Selective Institutions, conducted in 2006 by the New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE) of the University of Massachusetts Boston and the Center for Urban Education at the University of Southern California. I wish to acknowledge the valued contributions of numerous colleagues to the study, particularly my co-principal investigator Glenn Gabbard, as well as Estela Mara Bensimon, John Cheslock, Jay Dee, Dwight Giles, Elsa Macias, Lindsey Malcom, Tatiana Melguizo, Jenny Pak, and Sharon Singleton. Th e study was funded by Th e Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Lumina Foundation for Education, and Nellie Mae Education Foundation.
