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ERIC Number: EJ1351367
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Nov
Pages: 38
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0361-0365
EISSN: EISSN-1573-188X
Ban the Discipline Box? How University Applications That Assess Prior School Discipline Experiences Relate to Admissions of Students Suspended in High School
Curran, F. Chris
Research in Higher Education, v63 n7 p1120-1157 Nov 2022
For the past decade and a half, many institutions of higher education have asked about high school disciplinary experiences, including suspensions, on their applications. Advocates have argued that this "discipline box" has a negative effect on suspended students' likelihood to apply and be accepted to institutions of higher education with such a box. This study leverages application-level data along with novel historical records of institutions' undergraduate applications to examine the relationship between a discipline box and application and acceptances for suspended students. Leveraging both student and institution fixed effects, the study finds mixed evidence with regard to whether the presence of a discipline box is systematically related to students' likelihood to apply or be accepted to IHEs with discipline boxes, once accounting for other factors. Implications for policy are discussed and suggestions for future research that can address existing data limitations are proposed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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