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Taylor K. Odle; Lauren C. Russell – Grantee Submission, 2023
Reverse transfer associate degrees are credentials retroactively awarded to current bachelor's degree seekers, combining four-year credits with credits previously earned at a community college. Using administrative data from Tennessee, we use a difference-in-difference design to compare students before and after receipt of a reverse transfer…
Descriptors: Reverse Transfer Students, Associate Degrees, Outcomes of Education, Labor Market
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Taylor K. Odle; Lauren C. Russell – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2023
Reverse transfer associate degrees are credentials retroactively awarded to current bachelor's degree seekers, combining four-year credits with credits previously earned at a community college. Using administrative data from Tennessee, we use a difference-in-difference design to compare students before and after receipt of a reverse transfer…
Descriptors: Reverse Transfer Students, Associate Degrees, Labor Market, Grade Point Average
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Jez, Su Jin – Research in Higher Education, 2014
College is increasingly essential for economic and social mobility. Current research and public policy devotes significant attention to race, income, and socioeconomic factors in college access. Yet, wealth's role, as differentiated from income, is largely unexplored. This paper examines the differences between wealth and income in the…
Descriptors: Income, Fiscal Capacity, College Attendance, Two Year Colleges
Liu, Yuen Ting; Belfield, Clive – Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2014
This study examines the labor market gains for students who enrolled at for-profit colleges after beginning their post-secondary education in community college. We use student-level administrative record data from college transcripts, Unemployment Insurance earnings data, and progression data from the National Student Clearinghouse across full…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Private Colleges, Proprietary Schools, Community Colleges
Andrews, Rodney J.; Li, Jing; Lovenheim, Michael F. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012
This paper uses administrative data on schooling and earnings from Texas to estimate the effect of college quality on the distribution of earnings. We proxy college quality using the college sector from which students graduate and focus on identifying how graduating from UT-Austin, Texas A\&M or a community college affects the distribution of…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Community Colleges, College Graduates, Academic Ability
Santiago, Deborah A., Comp.; Galdeano, Emily Calderón, Comp.; Taylor, Morgan, Comp. – Excelencia in Education, 2015
Excelencia in Education is committed to using data to inform public policy and institutional practice to achieve our mission of accelerating student success for Latinos in higher education. Every educational experience from early childhood to high school and into the workforce influences the potential for college success. For this reason, this…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Practices, Human Capital