Heterogeneous Paths through College: Detailed Patterns and Relationships with Graduation and Earnings. Working Paper 83

Autor/inn/en	Andrews, Rodney J.; Li, Jing; Lovenheim, Michael F.
Institution	Urban Institute, National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)
Titel	Heterogeneous Paths through College: Detailed Patterns and Relationships with Graduation and Earnings. Working Paper 83
Quelle	(2012), (42 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Education Work Relationship; College Transfer Students; Bachelors Degrees; Income; Graduation; School Effectiveness; Higher Education; Outcomes of Education; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Einkommen; Abschluss; Graduierung; Schuleffizienz; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	A considerable fraction of college students and bachelor's degree recipients attend multiple postsecondary institutions. Despite this fact, there is scant research that examines the nature of the paths--both the number and types of institutions--that students take to obtain a bachelor's degree or through the higher education system more generally. We also know little about how contact with multiple institutions of varying quality affects postgraduate life outcomes. We use a unique panel data set from Texas that allows us to both examine in detail the paths that students take towards a bachelor's degree and estimate how contact with multiple institutions is related to degree completion and subsequent earnings. We show that the paths to a bachelor's degree are diverse and that earnings and BA receipt vary systematically with these paths. Our results call attention to the importance of developing a more complete understanding of why students transfer and what causal role transferring has on the returns to postsecondary educational investment. (Contains 9 tables and 17 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2022/4/11