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A Review of the Causes and Consequences of Students' Postsecondary Choices. Literature Brief
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Smith, Jonathan; Howell, Jessica; Pender, Matea; Hurwitz, Michael – College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2012
In 2010, 21 million students across the United States enrolled in one of nearly 4,500 postsecondary degree-granting institutions (Snyder & Dillow, 2011). Students of all academic backgrounds selected institutions they wanted to attend and, likewise, institutions made decisions about which students they wanted to admit. The resulting…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Literature Reviews, College Choice, Decision Making
Causal Inference and the Heckman Model
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Briggs, Derek C. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2004
In the social sciences, evaluating the effectiveness of a program or intervention often leads researchers to draw causal inferences from observational research designs. Bias in estimated causal effects becomes an obvious problem in such settings. This article presents the Heckman Model as an approach sometimes applied to observational data for the…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Statistical Inference, Causal Models, Test Bias
Stripping Away Myths: Improving the Lot of African Americans by Changing the American Racial Stereotype.
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Cross, Theodore, Ed. – Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 1996
Provides examples of research, nearly all published exclusively by "The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education," that directly and firmly refute what whites believe about blacks. Examples present findings in such areas as academic achievement, employment rates, and drinking habits of blacks. (GR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Attitude Change, Black Stereotypes