ERIC Number: EJ767080
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 23
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The Influence of Academic and Environmental Factors on Hispanic College Degree Attainment
Arbona, Consuelo; Nora, Amaury
Review of Higher Education, v30 n3 p247-269 Spr 2007
This study used the NELS 88-2000 data base to examine among Hispanic students precollege, college, and environmental predictors of (a) college first enrolled in (two-year versus four-year) and (b) undergraduate degree attainment for students who first enrolled in a two-year or four-year college. Hispanic students who attended a four-year college right after high school were much more likely to obtain a bachelor's degree than their peers who first attended a community college. Furthermore, precollege variables were more salient in predicting bachelor degree attainment for students who started in two-year colleges, while college-related variables were more salient for students who started in four-year colleges. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Environmental Influences, Hispanic American Students, Predictor Variables, Graduation Rate, Educational Attainment, Comparative Analysis, Bachelors Degrees, Student Characteristics, Demography, College Transfer Students, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Gender Differences, Parent Influence, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Peer Influence
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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