Collaboration in Transfer Student Work: A Cultural Historical Activity Theory Study at Four-Year Institutions Grant uri icon

abstract

  • Practitioners’ ability to effectively collaborate with colleagues
    both inside and outside of the institution is critical to creating and
    sustaining transfer student programs and services. Despite a
    burgeoning field examining this issue, little is understood about
    how practitioners collaborate in transfer student work, particularly
    at four-year institutions. This study will examine two four-year
    institutions as contextual case studies of practitioner collaboration
    in transfer student work. Qualitative methods and an Activity
    Systems Analysis (ASA) framework will be used to understand
    the individual and social interactions of these collaborations
    in greater detail. A deeper understanding of the practitioner
    perspective of transfer student work will help institutions in the
    execution of the transfer student experience.