Democratization or Diversion? The Effect of Community Colleges on Educational Attainment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19418652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cecilia Elena Rouse (Princeton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 217-224 |
| Publication date | 1995-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Business and Economic Statistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0735-0015 • E-ISSN: 1537-2707 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07350015.1995.10524596 |
| OpenAlex | W2028181338 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 61 |
| References cited | 12 |
This article estimates the impact of community colleges on educational attainment. Community colleges give those who might not have otherwise attended college the ability to do so (democratization); they also attract students who might otherwise have attended a four-year college (diversion). The effect of democratization on educational attainment is nonnegative; the effect of diversion is unclear a priori. I use variation in access to community colleges as instrumental variables to address self-selection into types of colleges. The results suggest that two-year college students diverted from a four-year college complete fewer years of education. Overall, however, community colleges appear to increase total years of schooling but do not appear to change the likelihood of attaining a bachelor's degree
Bachelor · Community college · Democracy · Democratization · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Higher education · Medical education · Political science · Higher Education Research Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Medicine · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
College desert and oasis
The Community College
Financing Children's Futures
Parents Who Left College and Children's Postsecondary Educational Attainment
Structuring access to higher education
Stratification in college entry and completion
Something to Fall Back On
Estimating the Variance of Wages in the Presence of Selection and Unobserved Heterogeneity
Unanticipated Educational Consequences of a Positive Parent-Child Relationship
Gender Gaps in College Enrollment
Enduring Effects of Education
Geography, choice and participation in higher education in England
Finishing High School and Starting College
Are there civic returns to education?
Causal Inference With General Treatment Regimes
The Community College Route to the Bachelor’s Degree
Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Community College Student Success
Do Community Colleges Provide a Viable Pathway to a Baccalaureate Degree?
Could Shifting the Margin Between Community College and University Enrollment Expand and Diversify University Degree Production in STEM Fields
Well-Placed
Does Dual Enrollment Influence High School Graduation, College Enrollment, Choice, and Persistence
Year or Not 2-Year? The Impact of Starting at Community College on Bachelor’s Degree Attainment
The Viability of Tuition-Free Community College
Discrimination against community college transfer students — Evidence from a labor market audit study
The Labor Market Returns to Very Short-Term Rapid Postsecondary Certificates
Where do colleges advertise? Demographic targeting by U.S. colleges
Distance to degrees
The role of individual institutions in creating effective and efficient transfer pathways from community college to bachelor’s degree
The Road to Becoming a Scientist
The Community College Effect Revisited
Out of the Education Desert
Diversion or Democratization
The Community College Pathway
The Effect of Quebec’s Cegeps on Total Years of Schooling
L’effet des cégeps du Québec sur le nombre total d’années de scolarité
The political economy of health epidemics
Mobility in the middle
Mother's Education and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital
Have Adolescents Become Too Ambitious? High School Seniors' Educational and Occupational Plans, 1976 to 2000
Temporary Removal
Health Benefits of Education
Understanding Variation in Estimates of Diversionary Effects of Community College Entrance
Student online protests in Uzbekistan
Few Remaining Dreams
Race, Ethnicity, and College Success
The Role of Community College Attendance in Shaping Baccalaureate Recipients’ Access to Graduate and Professional Education
Democratization and Diversion
The Cost of Public Higher Education and College Enrollment
Does Postsecondary Education Result in Civic Benefits
Comparing the Educational Attainment of Community College Transfer Students and Four-Year College Rising Juniors Using Propensity Score Matching Methods
Nearby College Enrollment and Geographical Skills Mismatch
An Examination of the Impact of Accelerating Community College Students' Progression through Developmental Education
Predictors of Long-Term Enrollment and Degree Outcomes for Community College Students
Bridges or Barriers? How Interactions between Individuals and Institutions Condition Community College Transfer
The Role of College-Bound Friends in College Enrollment Decisions by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
Geography of College Opportunity
Can Free Community College Close Racial Disparities in Postsecondary Attainment? How Tulsa Achieves Affects Racially Minoritized Student Outcomes
Compensatory and Multiplicative Advantages
Instrumental and Expressive Education
Fake It 'til You Make It
College Proximity
The Diverted Dream
A Heteroskedasticity-Consistent Covariance Matrix Estimator and a Direct Test for Heteroskedasticity
An Illustration of a Pitfall in Estimating the Effects of Aggregate Variables on Micro Units
The American Community College
Community Colleges and Tracking in Higher Education
Post-High School Experiences and College Attrition
Finishing College
The 'Cooling-Out' Function in Higher Education
| Unique citing works | 61 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,97 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2026 (32) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 51 |