Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU)
Abstract
An examination of Wright College, a community college in Chicago, reveals that it has no particular magic formula for transfer success. Wright \u27s strong transfer programs should be recognized as an outgrowth of the college\u27s unique
development within a 7-college district. Faculty and administrative commitment to the centrality of the transfer function, combined with student needs and preferences, allows for a continual reinforcement of the primacy of transfer in Wright \u27s institutional identity. Wright \u27s historically-driven image of itself as a "junior college, " and it reputation as such in the surrounding communities, have persisted over time and guided the college\u27s priorities and decisionmaking
