Community College Skills Builders: Prevalence, Characteristics, Behaviors, and Outcomes of Successful Non-Completing Students across Four States

Autor/inn/en	Bahr, Peter Riley; Chen, Yiran; Columbus, Rooney
Titel	Community College Skills Builders: Prevalence, Characteristics, Behaviors, and Outcomes of Successful Non-Completing Students across Four States
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education, 94 (2023) 1, S.96-131 (36 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bahr, Peter Riley) Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1546
DOI	10.1080/00221546.2022.2082782
Schlagwörter	Vocational Education; Community College Students; Academic Achievement; Skill Development; Dropouts; Student Characteristics; Student Behavior; Dropout Characteristics; Dropout Attitudes; Outcomes of Education; Course Selection (Students); Wages; Graduation Rate; Identification; Learning Motivation; Colorado; Ohio; Michigan; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Community college; Community colleges; College students; Community College; Collegestudent; Schulleistung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Wage; Löhne; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Kalifornien
Abstract	This study investigates community college skills builders--students who enroll for a short time, take courses concentrated in career and technical education (CTE), are highly successful in their coursework, but typically leave college without a postsecondary credential. Drawing on administrative data from Colorado, Ohio, Michigan, and California, we use k-means cluster analysis to identify a distinct group of skills builders in each state. We analyze their prevalence, characteristics, course-taking, and educational and labor market outcomes. We then develop criteria that state systems or individual institutions can use to identify skills builders in their student populations. Skills builders comprised similar proportions of students in each state, between 11 and 14 percent, and were qualitatively similar across states. Their average earnings were flat or trending downward prior to college but reversed after college, rising at a statistically significant rate. Fields of study and certificate completion rates among skills builders varied across states. Identifying skills builders will strengthen state and institutional efforts to communicate student successes that cannot be measured with credential completions, while also equipping institutions with the information needed to better serve skills builders. (As Provided).
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