Alternative Paths to College Completion: Effect of Attending a 2-Year School on the Probability of Completing a 4-Year Degree

Autor/inn/en	Sandy, Jonathan; Gonzalez, Arturo; Hilmer, Michael J.
Titel	Alternative Paths to College Completion: Effect of Attending a 2-Year School on the Probability of Completing a 4-Year Degree
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 25 (2006) 5, S.463-471 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.05.003
Schlagwörter	Two Year Colleges; Two Year College Students; Time to Degree; Probability; College Transfer Students; College Role; Comparative Analysis; Higher Education; Developmental Continuity; Attitude Measures; Policy Analysis; College Outcomes Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Entwicklungsprozess; Politikfeldanalyse
Abstract	Recent research indicates that college students who transfer from community colleges are significantly less likely to complete a 4-year college degree than students who begin at 4-year institutions. This paper estimates models of college completion for both types of students. Based on these results, an Oaxaca decomposition indicates that students who attend 2-year colleges are at a disadvantage due primarily to lower individual quality rather than the lower quality of 2-year colleges. This result has implications for public policies that seek to increase the role of 2-year colleges as a means to increase the number of students completing 4-year degrees. (Author).
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