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Increasing Success in Higher Education: The Relationships of Online Course Taking with College Completion and Time-to-Degree
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Christian Fischer; Rachel Baker; Qiujie Li; Gabe Avakian Orona; Mark Warschauer – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2022
Online courses provide flexible learning opportunities, but research suggests that students may learn less and persist at lower rates compared to face-to-face settings. However, few studies have investigated more distal effects of online education. In this study, we analyzed 6 years of institutional data for three cohorts of students in 13 large…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Higher Education, Graduation Rate, Time to Degree
Improving the Community College Transfer Pathway to the Baccalaureate: The Effect of California's Associate Degree for Transfer
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Rachel Baker; Elizabeth Friedmann; Michal Kurlaender – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2023
The transfer between two-year and four-year colleges is a critical path to baccalaureate attainment. Yet students face a number of barriers in transfer pathways, including a lack of coherent coordination and articulation between their community colleges and four-year institutions, resulting in excess units and increased time to degree. In this…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Colleges, Transfer Programs, College Transfer Students
Increasing Success in Higher Education: The Relationships of Online Course Taking with College Completion and Time-to-Degree. EdWorkingPaper No. 21-427
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Christian Fischer; Rachel Baker; Qiujie Li; Gabe Avakian Orona; Mark Warschauer – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Online courses provide flexible learning opportunities, but research suggests that students may learn less and persist at lower rates compared to face-to-face settings. However, few research studies have investigated more distal effects of online education. In this study we analyzed six years of institutional data for three cohorts of students in…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Higher Education, Graduation Rate, Time to Degree
Improving the Community College Transfer Pathway to the Baccalaureate: The Effect of California's Associate Degree for Transfer. EdWorkingPaper No. 21-359
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Rachel Baker; Elizabeth Friedmann; Michal Kurlaender – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
The transfer between two-year and four-year colleges is a critical path to baccalaureate attainment. Yet, students face a number of barriers in transfer pathways, including a lack of coherent coordination and articulation between their community colleges and four-year institutions, resulting in excess units and increased time to degree. In this…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Colleges, Transfer Programs, College Transfer Students