Does the Community College Pathway Influence the Selectivity of Students' Destination 4-Year Institution?

Autor/inn/en	Ortagus, Justin C.; Hu, Xiaodan
Titel	Does the Community College Pathway Influence the Selectivity of Students' Destination 4-Year Institution?
Quelle	In: Community College Review, 47 (2019) 4, S.434-461 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ortagus, Justin C.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-5521
DOI	10.1177/0091552119867126
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; College Transfer Students; Two Year College Students; Selective Admission; Enrollment Influences; Undergraduate Students; Academic Aspiration; Bachelors Degrees; Postsecondary Education; Longitudinal Studies; Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Bildungsselektion; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	Objectives: In this study, we explore the influence of enrolling initially at a community college before transferring to a 4-year institution on the selectivity of the destination 4-year institution. Method: We leverage nationally representative data and a propensity score matching approach to compare the institutional selectivity between students who begin at a community college before transferring to a 4-year institution and those who begin at a 4-year college or university. To estimate the relationship between the community college pathway and institutional selectivity, we employ an ordinal logistic regression model. Results: We find that transferring from a community college to a 4-year institution had a positive influence on the selectivity of students' destination 4-year institution. More specifically, students who enroll initially at a community college before transferring to a 4-year institution have a greater probability of attending a very selective 4-year institution and moderately selective 4-year institution when compared with native 4-year students. Students who transferred from a community college have a lower probability of attending minimally selective 4-year institutions and open-admission 4-year institutions when compared with otherwise-similar students who began at a 4-year institution. Contributions: By showing a positive relationship between the vertical transfer and the level of selectivity of students' destination 4-year institution, this study highlights a potential benefit of beginning at a community college before transferring to a 4-year institution. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01