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Bartik, Timothy J.; Miller-Adams, Michelle; Pittelko, Brian; Timmeney, Bridget F. – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2021
This memo estimates the main economic benefits of tuition-free college in Illinois. These economic benefits are compared with the costs of making tuition free. In addition, the authors consider possible fiscal benefits of tuition-free college and whether these fiscal benefits for Illinois will offset the fiscal costs of making tuition free. This…
Descriptors: Costs, Tuition, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy
Belfield, Clive; Bailey, Thomas – Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2017
Recently, studies have adopted fixed effects modeling to identify the returns to college. This method has the advantage over ordinary least squares estimates in that unobservable, individual-level characteristics that may bias the estimated returns are differenced out. But the method requires extensive longitudinal data and involves complex…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Outcomes of Education, Education Work Relationship, Robustness (Statistics)
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, 2015
The information presented in this report details degree completions by in-state undergraduates (ISUs) at Virginia public and private non-profit institutions in 2013-14. Presented are summaries of degree-award totals in the public and private sectors, comparisons to past years and to current estimates, and analyses of progress toward the degree…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Public Colleges, Private Colleges, Academic Degrees
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Roberts, Ashley – National Center for Education Statistics, 2016
This Data Point examines the persistence and attainment of students who enrolled in postsecondary education for the first time in 2003-04, focusing on subbaccalaureate students (those seeking a certificate or associate's degree) and, among subbaccalaureate students, those who pursue occupational education. Their progress was tracked over 6 years.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Student Surveys, Two Year College Students, Educational Attainment
Fowler, Craig – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
Internationally, Australia's tertiary education system, comprising the higher education and vocational education and training (VET) sectors, is highly regarded, with both sectors subject to ongoing national review and reforms. This paper explores in detail the multiple issues that lie at what might be termed the "boundaries and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Vocational Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Trends
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Cheah, Ban – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2015
This third installment of "Hard Times" updates the previous analyses of college majors, unemployment, and earnings over the Great Recession. While there is wide variation by college majors, hard times have become better times for most college graduates, but the recovery is far from complete. Hard times are becoming better times for most…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), College Students, Unemployment, College Graduates
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
Early College High Schools partner with colleges and universities to provide students with an opportunity to earn an Associate's degree or college credits toward a Bachelor's degree at no or low cost to students. In a recent study, researchers found that attending Early College High Schools improved some high school and postsecondary outcomes for…
Descriptors: High Schools, Colleges, Dual Enrollment, Acceleration (Education)
Conger, David; Chellman, Colin C. – Institute for Education and Social Policy, 2013
This brief provides a comparison of the performance of undocumented students to that of U.S. citizens and other legal migrants using restricted-access data from one of the largest urban public university systems in the U.S. where many undocumented students are eligible for in-state tuition. Overall, undocumented students perform well in the…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, College Students, Tuition, In State Students
Deming, David J.; Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence F. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011
Private for-profit institutions have been the fastest growing part of the U.S. higher education sector. For-profit enrollment increased from 0.2 percent to 9.1 percent of total enrollment in degree-granting schools from 1970 to 2009, and for-profit institutions account for the majority of enrollments in non-degree granting postsecondary schools.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Associate Degrees, Enrollment Trends, Enrollment
British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2009
The British Columbia (BC) post-secondary system is a geographically dispersed network of colleges, institutes, university colleges, and universities. The success of such a diverse system depends on students' ability to move easily through the system, accessing the institutions, programs of study, and courses that they need and, where appropriate,…
Descriptors: State Surveys, Associate Degrees, Articulation (Education), Foreign Countries
Zeidenberg, Matthew; Cho, Sung-Woo; Jenkins, Davis – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2010
To increase the rate at which adult basic skills students advance to and succeed in college-level occupational programs, the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) developed the Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training, or I-BEST. In the I-BEST model, a basic skills instructor and an occupational instructor team…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Labor Market
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Deil-Amen, Regina – Teachers College Record, 2006
This article examines the approach to teaching social skills in two kinds of colleges: community colleges, and private for-profit and nonprofit "occupational" colleges, with a focus on college credit programs that lead to applied associate's degrees in a variety of business, health, computer, and technical occupational programs. Nearly all…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Teaching Methods, Community Colleges, Private Colleges
Banerdt, Jack – 1981
Enrollment, placement, and retention data covering the years 1977 through 1980 were analyzed for Gateway Technical Institute's 26 diploma programs and 30 associate degree (AA) programs in terms of: (1) annual enrollment averages for full- and part-time first-year students; (2) average number of graduates each year; (3) percent changes in…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Freshmen, College Programs, Comparative Analysis
Judd, R. Bruce – 1990
In 1990, a study was conducted to determine the value of an Associate in Arts (AA) degree to 2,810 community college graduates from 5 Florida schools 8 years following graduation. By cross-matching the graduates social security numbers with both the State University System Student Data Course File and the Department of Unemployment Compensation…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Community Colleges
Hecht, Alfred – 1991
To assist Illinois' Parkland College (PC) in its efforts to provide equal educational opportunities to minority group students, a study was conducted examining enrollment rates for minority group students from 1986-1990 as compared to the United States census district population and to statewide two-year college enrollments. In addition, the study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Associate Degrees
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