Community College Entrance and Bachelor's Degree Attainment: A Replication and Update

Autor/inn/en	Pretlow, Joshua; Cameron, Margaux; Jackson, Deonte
Titel	Community College Entrance and Bachelor's Degree Attainment: A Replication and Update
Quelle	In: Community College Review, 50 (2022) 3, S.227-252 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pretlow, Joshua)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-5521
DOI	10.1177/00915521221087281
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Bachelors Degrees; Educational Attainment; Longitudinal Studies; Postsecondary Education; Enrollment Trends; High School Graduates; Student Attitudes; Correlation; Meta Analysis; College Transfer Students; Intention; Academic Aspiration; Student Characteristics; Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Schülerverhalten; Korrelation; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel
Abstract	Objectives: We explore the influence of initial enrollment at a community college on the attainment of a bachelor's degree. Methods: Using the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS: 12/17) and propensity score analysis, we compare baccalaureate degree outcomes of recent high school graduates who reported their intention to earn a bachelor's degree and initially enrolled at a community college to those students who began at a 4-year institution. Results: We found initial enrollment in a community college has a negative effect on bachelor's degree attainment. Our findings are consistent across varying outcome and sample specifications. The magnitude of our findings is consistent with a recent meta-analysis. We found that almost two-thirds of our sample who started at a community college enrolled in a 4-year institution, a fact that has important implications for practice. Contributions: Given the recent research suggesting that more comprehensive programs can drastically increase community college students' attainment (e.g., CUNY ASAP), we advocate for additional supports for bachelor's degree-intending community college students. Since the majority of those who start their education at a community college enroll in a 4-year institution, we add to the growing call that discussions about ways to improve the success of bachelor's degree-intending community college students must include 4-year institutions as partners. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01