Analyzing the success of student transitions from 2- to 4-year institutions within a state

Abstract Multiple 2- and 4-year public institutions exist within many states in the United States. Our paper develops a methodology that can be used to help evaluate how each 2-year public institution in a state is doing in preparing those of its students who transfer to 4-year public institutions in the state to successfully complete 4-year programs. Similarly the methodology can be used to help evaluate how well each 4-year public institution in the state is doing in educating and graduating those students from 2-year public institutions that transfer to it. The methodology is illustrated using date provided by the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis of the State University of New York.