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Peter M. Crosta

October 2015

Should Community College Students Earn an Associate Degree Before Transferring to a Four-Year Institution?

Using data on students who entered community college and then transferred, this paper examines the impact on bachelor’s degree attainment of earning an associate degree before transferring to a four-year college.
September 2014

Can Community Colleges Afford to Improve Completion? Measuring the Costs and Efficiency Effects of College Reforms

This paper introduces a model that uses transcript data matched to credit-level cost data and funding formulae to calculate the implications for efficiency of reforms intended to improve completion rates.
September 2014

Improving the Targeting of Treatment: Evidence From College Remediation

This paper uses administrative data and a rich predictive model to examine the accuracy of remedial screening tests, used either with or instead of high school transcript data to determine remedial assignment.
February 2014

Intensity and Attachment: How the Chaotic Enrollment Patterns of Community College Students Affect Educational Outcomes

This paper employs a novel graphical technique to illustrate the diverse enrollment patterns of community college students and examines the relationship between these patterns and successful student outcomes.
July 2013

Trends in Enrollment Patterns Among Community College Students

This publication examines the diversity of enrollment patterns among community college students and demonstrates a novel graphical technique for displaying large numbers of enrollment patterns.
February 2013

Characteristics of Early Community College Dropouts

The first in CCRC's analytics series, this publication examines characteristics of students who drop out of college after only one semester.
February 2012

Predicting Success in College: The Importance of Placement Tests and High School Transcripts

This paper uses student-level data from a statewide community college system to examine the validity of placement tests and high school information in predicting course grades and college performance.
August 2007

Does Age of Entrance Affect Community College Completion Probabilities? Evidence From a Discrete-Time Hazard Model

This paper reveals unique findings from a study that compared educational outcomes of older and traditional-age students.
March 2007

What Can Student Right-to-Know Graduation Rates Tell Us About Community College Performance?

This working paper examines the validity of the Student Right-to-Know (SRK) graduation rates as measures of community college performance.
October 2006

Stepping Stones to a Degree: The Impact of Enrollment Pathways and Milestones on Community College Student Outcomes

This paper presents findings from CCRC's study on the experiences and educational outcomes of older and younger community college students.
July 2006

CCRC Research Tools No. 1: Using Census Data to Classify Community College Students by Socioeconomic Status and Community Characteristics

This brief describes the methodology CCRC researchers used to estimate the socioeconomic status of individual students in the Washington State community and technical college system.

Recent Publications

October 2015

Should Community College Students Earn an Associate Degree Before Transferring to a Four-Year Institution?

September 2014

Can Community Colleges Afford to Improve Completion? Measuring the Costs and Efficiency Effects of College Reforms

September 2014

Improving the Targeting of Treatment: Evidence From College Remediation

February 2014

Intensity and Attachment: How the Chaotic Enrollment Patterns of Community College Students Affect Educational Outcomes

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