The Impact of Community College Attendance on Baccalaureate Attainment
This article advances the literature on the impact of community colleges on baccalaureate attainment by estimating new models that allow controlling for pathways of enrollment while using different measures of educational expectations and correcting for college choice.
It’s Not Enough to Get Through the Open Door: Inequalities by Social Background in Transfer From Community College to Four-Year Colleges
This article analyzes two nationally representative datasets to examine how the likelihood of transfer is affected by social background, precollege academic characteristics, external demands at college entrance, and experiences during college
Rethinking Cooling Out at Public Community Colleges: An Examination of Fiscal and Demographic Trends in Higher Education and the Rise of Statewide Articulation Agreements
The rise of articulation agreements constitutes a new state strategy to cope with the stagnation of higher education appropriations, rising tuition, and high demand for affordable higher education.
Effectiveness of Statewide Articulation Agreements on the Probability of Transfer: A Preliminary Policy Analysis
This article examines whether statewide articulation agreements increase the probability of vertical transfers from two-year to four-year colleges.
Four-Year Graduates Attending Community Colleges: A New Meaning for the Term “Second Chance”
This paper details a qualitative study of four-year graduates who attended Central Piedmont Community College.