Do Community Colleges provide a Viable Pathway to a Baccalaureate Degree?

Long, Bridget Terry; Kurlaender, Michal

doi:10.3386/w14367

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“…Reynolds (2012) and Long and Kurlaender (2009) show that students who start at a two-year college with the goal of obtaining a four-year degree represent a substantively important group (albeit one with a low probability of ever attaining a four-year degree). This section reports on what happens when we expand our analysis to include two-year starters using the 6-factor college quality index.…”

Section: Including Students Who Start At Two-year Collegesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Determinants of Mismatch Between Students and Colleges

Dillon

Smith

2013

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We use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 cohort to examine mismatch between student ability and college quality. Mismatch has implications for the design of state higher education systems and for student aid policy. The data indicate substantial amounts of both undermatch (high ability students at low quality colleges) and overmatch (low ability students at high quality colleges). Student application and enrollment decisions, rather than college admission decisions, drive most mismatch. Financial constraints, information, and the public college options facing each student all affect the probability of mismatch. More informed students attend higher quality colleges, even when doing so involves overmatching.

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Section: Including Students Who Start At Two-year Collegesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Determinants of Mismatch Between Students and Colleges

Dillon

Smith

2013

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“…The results of these analyses are similar to the main results of the article, suggesting leadership also has a large, positive causal impact on the likelihood of attending a four‐year (vs. two‐year) school. This finding is important given the well‐documented negative effects of two‐year college attendance on bachelor's degree completion (Alfonso, ; Miller, ; Long and Kurlaender, ; Doyle, ; Reynolds, ).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 77%

The Impact of High School Leadership on Subsequent Educational Attainment*

Rouse

2012

Social Science Quarterly

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Objectives Universities increasingly emphasize the importance of leadership skills, but budget shortfalls in public high schools threaten the availability of leadership opportunities for many youths. Few studies, however, have examined the impact of high school leadership experience on key economic outcomes. This study narrows this gap by estimating the causal impact of leadership in high school on educational attainment measured several years later. Methods The article uses data from the National Education Longitudinal Study. To address selection bias, the effect of high school leadership is estimated using ordinary least squares, propensity score matching, and instrumental variables models. Results Every estimation method and model specification examined implies that high school leadership has a large, positive impact on postsecondary educational attainment. Conclusions This article indicates the impact of high school leadership is, at a minimum, nontrivial. This result implies decisions regarding financial cutbacks for extracurricular activities should not be taken lightly.

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“…22 The ease of transfer to 4-y institutions is a critical juncture for attaining a bachelor's degree. [23][24][25] Structural barriers between 2-y and 4-y institutions 23,26 and the absence of articulation policies can make the transfer process difficult. 23 Usually, 4-y institutions make the sole decision about whether a course will transfer.…”

Section: Transfer Creditsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…27 Students who are required to take more courses as part of an inefficient transfer process may run out of financial aid if credit accumulation is too high. 26 A baccalaureate degree requires 100 -130 total credits at most universities. When associate degree students accumulate 80 -90 credits, they should be 60% of the way toward their degree.…”

Section: Transfer Creditsmentioning

confidence: 99%