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Jabbar, Huriya; Edwards, Wesley – Education Economics, 2020
As more students begin their higher education trajectory in community colleges in the US, there are few studies investigating the choice process for community college transfer students. This study draws on models of college choice to examine community college student transfer decisions. Using longitudinal administrative data, we examine…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Universities, Colleges
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Jones, Dan R. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2015
The presence of honor societies and programs on a university campus is an important component of its reputation for excellence. While we may quibble with the methodologies employed by various rankings, reputation is one of the key drivers of choice when students and their families are making that all-important decision about which university to…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Universities, Admission Criteria, Academic Standards
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Jabbar, Huriya; Serrata, Carmen; Epstein, Eliza; Sánchez, Joanna – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2019
Families play a key role in students' school choices throughout their education. While research has explored the familial supports for high-school students transitioning to college for the first time, few scholars have examined how family engagement influences the decisions of current community-college students seeking to transfer to four-year…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Hispanic American Students, Family Role, Decision Making
Fletcher, Jason; Mayer, Adalbert – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2013
The Texas 10% law states that students who graduated among the top 10% of their high school class are guaranteed admission to public universities in Texas. We estimate the causal effects of this admissions guarantee on a sequence of connected decisions: students' application behavior, admission decisions by the university, students' enrollment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Private Colleges, Universities, College Admission