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Peer reviewedSmitherman, H. O'Neal; Carr, Linda L. – Community/Junior College Research Quarterly, 1981
Reviews a study of relationships between persistence over a three-year period and selected characteristics of Virginia community college students who were undecided about a major or without degree goals. Persistence was significantly related to race, sex, full-/part-time status, and final major. The job market influenced curricular choices and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attendance Patterns, Community Colleges, Enrollment Influences
Download full textJacobson, Louis; LaLonde, Robert J.; Sullivan, Daniel – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2003
This paper estimates the returns to retraining for older displaced workers--those 35 or older--by estimating the impact that community college schooling has on their subsequent earnings. Our analysis relies on longitudinal administrative data covering workers who were displaced from jobs in Washington State during the first half of the 1990s and…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education, Retraining
