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

Autor/inn/en	Long, Bridget Terry; Kurlaender, Michal
Titel	Do Community Colleges Provide a Viable Pathway to a Baccalaureate Degree?
Quelle	In: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 31 (2009) 1, S.30-53 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3737
DOI	10.3102/0162373708327756
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Two Year College Students; College Transfer Students; Outcomes of Education; Predictor Variables; Academic Persistence; School Holding Power; Comparative Analysis; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Prädiktor
Abstract	Community colleges have become an important entryway for students intending to complete baccalaureate degrees. However, many question the viability of the transfer function and wonder whether students suffer a penalty for starting at 2-year institutions. The authors examined how the outcomes of community college entrants compared with those of similar students who initially entered 4-year institutions within the Ohio public higher education system. Using a detailed data set, the authors tracked outcomes for 9 years and used multiple strategies to deal with selection issues: propensity score matching and instrumental variables. The results suggest that straightforward estimates are significantly biased, but even after accounting for selection, students who initially began at community colleges were 14.5% less likely to complete bachelor's degrees within 9 years. (Contains 22 notes, 9 tables, and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10