The impact of community college attendance on baccalaureate attainment

By M. Alfonso. 2006

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Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Community College Student Success (2010, background): “Over the last three decades, dozens of empirical studies conducted by sociologists and economists have generally concluded (with a few exceptions) that the positive, “democratizing” effect of community college slightly outweighs the negative, “diversionary” influence of drawing students away from ba”
The Benefits of Attending Community College: A Review of the Evidence (2011, background): “Early literature found a small diversion effect (Rouse, 1995); subsequent studies have found a larger diversion effect in terms of reduced attainment or degree completion (Alfonso, 2006; Bowen et al., 2009; Long & Kurlaender, 2008; Reynolds, 2006; Sandy, Gonzalez, & Hilmer, 2006).”
Do Community Colleges Provide a Viable Pathway to a Baccalaureate Degree? (2008, unknown): “This conclusion is similar to those made in earlier work (Alfonso, 2006; Leigh & Gill, 2003; Rouse, 1995; Sandy, Gonzalez, & Hilmer, 2006).”
The impact of online learning on students’ course outcomes: Evidence from a large community and technical college system (2013, background): “One such potential confoundg variable is educational motivation, which may be articularly relevant in the context of community colleges, iven the wide variation in their students’ educational tent (Alfonso, 2006; Alfonso, Bailey, & Scott, 2005).”
Early Integration and Other Outcomes for Community College Transfer Students (2014, background): “2006), and some (Alfonso 2006; Bound et al. 2010) have found that beginning one’s education at a community college could indeed be a barrier to degree completion.”
Comparing the Educational Attainment of Community College Transfer Students and Four-Year College Rising Juniors Using Propensity Score Matching Methods (2011, result): “…strategies to address the problem of selection and to control for students’ aspirations. nevertheless, the results of these studies are mixed (Alfonso, 2006; bound, lovenheim, & Turner, 2009; doyle, 2009; gonzalez & hilmer, 2006; kalogrides, 2007; leigh & gill, 2003; long & kurlaender,…”
The Community College Route to the Bachelor’s Degree (2015, methodology): “By contrast, Alfonso (2006) analyzing data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS88) with an IV approach reported a 30 percentage point lower BA completion rate for community college students. Using the NELS88 data, Reynolds and DesJardins (2009) reported that entrants to community c”