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Direct linkMelguizo, Tatiana; Bos, Johannes M.; Ngo, Federick; Mills, Nicholas; Prather, George – Research in Higher Education, 2016
This study evaluates the effectiveness of math placement policies for entering community college students on these students' academic success in math. We estimate the impact of placement decisions by using a discrete-time survival model within a regression discontinuity framework. The primary conclusion that emerges is that initial placement in a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Student Placement, Regression (Statistics)
Jones, Willis A. – Community College Review, 2013
While there has been increased scholarship in recent years on diversity in higher education, most of this research has failed to include 2-year institutions in its analyses. This study examined whether the racial composition of the community college student body is correlated with an institution's normative climate toward three diversity…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Racial Composition, College Students, Beliefs
Download full textGreen, Caitlin; Radwin, David – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
The number of associate's degrees conferred by U.S. postsecondary institutions increased 30 percent from 1997 to 2007, from 571,000 to 745,000, and is projected to grow another 30 percent by 2020, a faster pace than the actual and projected growth in bachelor's degrees awarded. Despite the growing prevalence of associate's degrees, however, there…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Time to Degree, Undergraduate Students, Longitudinal Studies
