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\nDirections  \nRoger Pizarro Milian University of toronto  \nDavid Zarifa Nipissing University  \nAbstract  \nThe study of transfer in Canadian post-secondary education is a fractured terrain, with vast inter-provincial differences and deep schisms between participating communities. At the time of writing, there exists no comprehensive review that maps the predictors and associated outcomes of transfer in Canada, thus complicating the advancement of this sub-field. Drawing on a review of over 100 academic articles, policy reports, and institutional research documents produced from 1968 to 2020, we discuss the major findings of, methodological approaches to, and gaps within the existing quantitative transfer literature. Further, we outline challenges that Canadian researchers face as they attempt to emulate “best practices” used by international counterparts. In particular, we emphasize the need for the use of more robust administrative data linkages and enhanced methodological sophistication in Canadian quantitative transfer research.  \nKeywords: transfer, student mobility, quantitative methods  \nRésumé  \nL’étude du transfert dans l’enseignement postsecondaire canadien est un terrain fracturé, avec de vastes différences interprovinciales et de profonds schismes entre les communautés. Au moment de la rédaction du présent article, il n’existe pas d’étude exhaustive des prédicteurs et des conséquences du transfert au Canada, ce qui limite les avancées dans ce sous-domaine. Par le biais d’un examen de plus de 100 articles universitaires, rapports et documents de recherche institutionnels produits entre 1968 et 2020, nous discutons des principales découvertes et des approches méthodologiques, et nous faisons ressortir les lacunes de la littérature quantitative existante sur le transfert. En outre, nous décrivons les défis auxquels les chercheurs canadiens sont confrontés lorsqu’ils tentent d’imiter les meilleures pratiques utilisées par leurs homologues internationaux. En particulier, nous soulignons la nécessité d’un meilleur couplage des données administratives et d’uneméthodologie améliorée dans les recherches quantitatives sur le transfert au Canada.  \nMots-clés : transfert, mobilité étudiante, méthodes quantitatives  \nIntroduction  \nThe empirical study of student mobility within North American post-secondary education (PSE)—though certainly not as popular as mainstream access or achievement research—has preoccupied many scholars across the social sciences. For example, analyses of vertical transfer—referring to flows of students from community colleges to universities—featured prominently in late 20th century sociological theorizing about stratification  \n(e.g. , Brint & Karabel, 1991; Clark, 1960; Karabel, 1972, 1986; Dougherty, 1994) . Vertical transfer also continues to preoccupy American scholars using increasingly complex techniques to estimate the community college“penalty” on baccalaureate attainment and labour market outcomes (e.g. , Brand et al. , 2014; Long & Kurlaender, 2009; Witteveen & Attewell, 2020) . And, perhaps most importantly, North American policy analysts have repeatedly contemplated the utility of transfer policy frameworks for expanding access to PSE and promoting more  \nCanadian Journal of Higher Education | Revue canadienne d’enseignement supérieur 51:3 (2021)   \nefficient human capital production (Handel & Williams, 2012; Junor & Usher, 2008; Missaghian, 2020; Pizarro Milian & Munro, 2020; Trick, 2013; Young et al. , 2017) . Most recently, scholars have also expanded the horizons of student mobility research, acknowledging the fact that contemporary students travel through PSE via non-linear trajectories (e.g.,“reverse”/horizontal transfer) (St-Denis et al. , 2021) while also stopping out, and co-enrolling, among other non-traditional patterns (Taylor & Jain, 2017) .1 It would thus be fair to say that the study o","cbCaim0ds8AcwSOE","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaim0ds8AcwSOE","pdf",228611,18,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n## Vertical transfer and ongoing American policy interest\n## Lack of systematic Canadian accounting of mobility\n## Reasons for fragmentation: governance, data capacity, and methodological divergence\n# Overview of the review approach","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the study identify in Canadian quantitative transfer research?\",\"answer\":\"It finds that transfer research in Canada lacks a comprehensive review mapping predictors and associated outcomes, creating obstacles for advancing the sub-field.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the review evidence gathered for the paper?\",\"answer\":\"The paper draws on a review of over 100 academic articles, policy reports, and institutional research documents produced from 1968 to 2020.\"},{\"question\":\"What methodological and data improvements does the paper emphasize?\",\"answer\":\"It emphasizes using more robust administrative data linkages and increasing methodological sophistication in Canadian quantitative transfer research.\"}]","Quantitative Transfer Research in Canada: Past Achievements, Current Challenges, and Future - Abstract and Overview of Research Gaps | PDF",1792084075,45]