Comparing the Educational Attainment of Community College Transfer Students and Four-Year College Rising Juniors Using Propensity Score Matching Methods

Autor/inn/en	Melguizo, Tatiana; Kienzl, Gregory S.; Alfonso, Mariana
Titel	Comparing the Educational Attainment of Community College Transfer Students and Four-Year College Rising Juniors Using Propensity Score Matching Methods
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education, 82 (2011) 3, S.265-291 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1546
DOI	10.1353/jhe.2011.0013
Schlagwörter	College Transfer Students; Community Colleges; Student Educational Objectives; Educational Attainment; Outcomes of Education; College Students; Statistical Analysis; Scores; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Community college; Community College; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Collegestudent; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Three statistics motivate most of the empirical research on the educational outcomes of community college transfer students. First, the percentage of first-time college students seeking a bachelor's degree has steadily increased from 50 to 63% over the last 30 years. Second, during the same period, the number of students starting at a community college also increased, and now roughly half of all students in postsecondary education start at a community college. And lastly, recent studies suggest that the transfer rates of community college students range between 25 and 40% with younger students positioned at the upper end of this range. These trends suggest that community colleges are increasingly seen as a more viable pathway to the bachelor's degree, but why has the attainment needle not moved? To answer this question, this study takes a slightly different perspective. Using the latest national data available on this traditional-age (and more transfer-likely) population, this study examines whether junior-level four-year college students who started at a community college, hereafter "transfer students," have similar educational outcomes as those college juniors who only attended a four-year college ("rising juniors")? The results suggest that there are no differences in the outcomes of community college transfers and rising juniors. (Contains 2 figures, 3 tables, and 15 notes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10