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Giani, Matt S.; Taylor, Jason L.; Kauppila, Sheena – AERA Open, 2021
Reverse credit transfer (RCT) is an emerging policy designed to award associate's degrees to students who transfer from 2-year to 4-year colleges after transfer. The purpose of this study is to estimate the impact of RCT degree receipt on students' university and labor outcomes using data from Texas, where the legislature passed RCT policy in…
Descriptors: Reverse Transfer Students, College Credits, Outcomes of Education, Transfer Policy
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Meza, Elizabeth Apple; Bragg, Debra D. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2022
Community and technical colleges in Washington state were early adopters in the growing trend to offer bachelor's degrees, actively expanding these degrees over the last 15 years. This study describes the evolving state policy landscape on community college baccalaureate (CCB) degrees in Washington in certain programs previously classified as…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Bachelors Degrees, State Policy, Vocational Education
Tyler Remick – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation focuses on microeconomic topics in the fields of public, labor and education. Particularly, this dissertation evaluates state policies in higher education and develops a global measure for job quality. Chapter 1 studies how state merit aid programs affect undergraduate degrees earned in Science, Technology, Engineering and…
Descriptors: Microeconomics, State Policy, Higher Education, Bachelors Degrees
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Lewis, Elizabeth B.; Rivero, Ana M.; Lucas, Lyrica L.; Musson, Aaron A.; Helding, Brandon A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2021
In the United States, research on beginning science teachers provides little guidance regarding empirical minimum levels of discipline-specific science coursework for sufficient subject matter knowledge to teach science. Accordingly, in this study we analyzed secondary physical science teachers' science coursework for subject matter knowledge…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Beginning Teachers, Science Teachers, Benchmarking
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Worsham, Rachel E.; Whatley, Melissa; Loss, Jonathan E. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2021
Transfer articulation agreements are employed by institutions of higher education and state legislatures alike to improve transfer efficiency between two-year and four-year institutions. These agreements often aim both to increase transfer rates and baccalaureate degree completion and to decrease time to degree. Studies exploring the efficacy of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Institutional Cooperation, Two Year Colleges
Public Policy Institute of California, 2021
The past year highlighted and heightened California's key challenges. Millions of Californians lost jobs and income during the COVID-19 crisis; low-income families, communities of color, and women were hit hardest. As schools and universities shifted rapidly to remote learning, educators and parents scrambled to provide all students with…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Online Courses