Transfer Students (was Teaching in America)

[Gordon Johnson <johnsog@ASTRO.WESTMORELAND.CC.PA.US>]

Joe,

Do you happen to have a reference handy for any of these studies?
> Tracking studies have shown that students who take their first two years
at a community college do
> significantly better at the four year schools than those who do not. One
of my former students is now doing
> undergraduate research in chemistry at NCSU.
In particular, does it appear to hold true for engineering students who take
their intro physics at a CC?

Gordon Johnson
Westmoreland County Community College
Youngwood, PA