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Institutional Determinants of Labor Market Outcomes for Community College Students in North Carolina
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Kalleberg, Arne L.; Dunn, Michael – Community College Review, 2015
Objective: The labor market success of community college students depends on both the attributes of individual students and the characteristics of the community colleges they attend. In this article, we examine the impact of community college characteristics on the earnings of first-time college students who enrolled in the North Carolina…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Outcomes of Education, Education Work Relationship
A Study on the Horizontal Stratification of Higher Education in South Korea
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Park, Hwanbo – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2015
This study analyzed university and college graduates' income gap in South Korea to investigate factors influencing such disparities. Specifically, this study focused on types of higher education institutions and academic disciplines among the many factors affecting post-graduation income differences, using a hierarchical linear model. According to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Graduates, Income
Factors Correlated with the Interactional Diversity of Community College Students
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Jones, Willis A. – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2016
This study used data from the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) to examine how student background characteristics, student engagement, and institutional characteristics correlate with the frequency of interactional diversity among community college students. Given the current lack of research on interactional diversity among…
Descriptors: Correlation, Performance Factors, Community Colleges, Student Surveys
Understanding the Racial Transfer Gap: Modeling Underrepresented Minority and Nonminority Students' Pathways from Two-to Four-Year Institutions
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Crisp, Gloria; Nuñez, Anne-Marie – Review of Higher Education, 2014
This study models student-and institutional-level factors that influence vertical transfer among a national sample of White and underrepresented minority (URM) community college students. Results indicate that the predictors of transfer are different in many ways for White and URM students. Most notably, findings suggest that enrolling in…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, White Students, Two Year College Students, Disproportionate Representation
College Enrollment Patterns for Rural Indiana High School Graduates. REL 2015-083
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Burke, Matthew R.; Davis, Elisabeth; Stephan, Jennifer L. – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2015
This study examined (1) average distances traveled to attend college, (2) presumptive college eligibility, (3) differences between two-year and four-year college enrollment, (4) differences in enrollment related to differences in colleges' selectivity, and (5) degree of "undermatching" (i.e., enrolling in a college less selective than…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Enrollment Trends, Rural Areas, High School Graduates
Diversity, Situated Social Contexts, and College Enrollment: Multilevel Modeling to Examine Student, High School, and State Influences
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Kim, Dongbin; Nuñez, Anne-Marie – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2013
Whether and where students begin college after high school profoundly affects their degree completion and ultimate educational attainment. Students' college access is influenced not only by individual characteristics, but also by economic, social, and schooling contexts. Accordingly, using data from the Educational Longitudinal Study, 2002…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Enrollment, Social Environment, Context Effect