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ERIC Number: EJ1009522
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Mar
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0162-3737
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The Impact of Dual Enrollment on College Degree Attainment: Do Low-SES Students Benefit?
An, Brian P.
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v35 n1 p57-75 Mar 2013
Dual enrollment in high school is viewed by many as one mechanism for widening college admission and completion of low-income students. However, little evidence demonstrates that these students discretely benefit from dual enrollment and whether these programs narrow attainment gaps vis-a-vis students from middle-class or affluent family backgrounds. Using the National Longitudinal Study of 1988 ("N"= 8,800), I find significant benefits in boosting rates of college degree attainment for low-income students while holding weaker effects for peers from more affluent backgrounds. These results remain even with analyses from newer data of college freshman of 2004. I conduct sensitivity analyses and find that these results are robust to relatively large unobserved confounders. However, expanding dual enrollment programs would modestly reduce gaps in degree attainment. (Contains 1 note and 4 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: High Schools; Higher Education
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Language: English
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What Works Clearinghouse Reviewed: Meets Evidence Standards with Reservations