Public support for higher education depends in part on the idea that additional postsecondary results civic benefits including voting, volunteering, and donating to non-profit causes. We expanded literature of by utilizing a rich set location-based instruments identify relationship between behaviors. Using data from National Longitudinal Survey Youth 1997, we estimated impact behaviors group young people aged 29 33 years 2013. These new estimates indicated an year increased probability...

Broadband is not equally accessible among students despite its increasing importance to education. We investigate the relationship between broadband and housing policy by joining two measures of access with Depression-era redlining maps that classified neighborhoods based in part on racist classist beliefs. find internet service provider self-reports similar technological availability, generally decreases tandem historic neighborhood classification, further heterogeneity race/ethnicity...

Even though a postsecondary degree can offer economic, social, and civic benefits, many community college students leave without earning degree—including some who have performed well academically made substantial progress toward graduation. To better understand the factors contributing to early exit, we surveyed number of former in large system. We improve generalizability survey responses through multilevel regression with poststratification, which use reweight represent population our...

At all levels of education, the racial achievement gap in performance between Black and Latino students their White peers stubbornly persists. While causes this are numerous interrelated, one theory posits that from underrepresented groups may face stereotype threat, meaning fear failing thereby fulfilling negative group stereotypes leads to anxiety suboptimal cognitive performance. Though low-cost value affirmation interventions have been shown reduce gaps some classroom settings, these...

We expand on the literature causal impact of postsecondary education earnings by introducing a richer set location-based measures as instruments for years education. Utilizing data from National Longitudinal Study Youth, 1997, we implement six different sets based geographic variation: presence four-year or two-year college in county, inverse log distance to in-state colleges, distance-weighted tuition and enrollment at all colleges. find that these alternative yield differing estimates...

Recent state policy efforts have focused on increasing attainment among adults with some college but no degree (SCND). Yet little is actually known about the SCND population. Using data from Virginia Community College System (VCCS), we provide first detailed profile academic, employment, and earnings trajectories of population how these compare VCCS graduates. We show that share students who are academically ready to re-enroll would benefit doing so may be substantially lower than makers...

abstract: We investigate how college participation may differentially influence civic behaviors among individuals who were between 18 and 20 years old in 2012. Using data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, we consider two direct measures behavior, voter registration volunteerism. generate our estimates with propensity forests, a machine learning algorithm that can mitigate bias when using observational supports investigation heterogeneous treatment effects. Overall, find...

Despite tens of billions dollars in yearly public spending to fund grants for higher education youth from low-income families, no government agency tracks how many young people families enroll by state. Proxy measures like the number college students who receive Pell address already enrolled come rather than tracking rate enrollment among overall are families. Estimates postsecondary U.S. Census surveys likely overestimate this population due their design and administration. In paper we use...

Objective: Vertical community college transfer has become an essential pathway for many students who hope to attain bachelor’s degrees. Prior literature indicates that institutional supports, like articulation agreements and advising, have a positive influence on success. Yet, spatial inequality theory these resources may be distributed unevenly over geographic context. The purpose of this paper is understand the relationship between context student Methods: Using data from University North...

Abstract Most students who begin at a community college do not complete their desired credential. Many fail to graduate due various barriers rather than academic performance. To encourage previously successful non-completers re-enroll and eventually graduate, growing number of colleges have implemented re-enrollment campaigns focused on former already made substantial progress toward graduation. In this study, we randomly assigned over 27,000 control group, “information-only” treatment or...

abstract: We investigate how college participation may differentially influence civic behaviors among individuals who were between 18 and 20 years old in 2012. Using data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, we consider two direct measures behavior, voter registration volunteerism. generate our estimates with propensity forests, a machine learning algorithm that can mitigate bias when using observational supports investigation heterogeneous treatment effects. Overall, find...

Public support for higher education depends in part on the idea that additional postsecondary results civic benefits. Among these benefits are voting, volunteering and donating to non-profit causes. Establishing a causal link between probability of engaging behaviors any individual is key. We expand literature by utilizing rich set location-based instruments identify relationship behaviors, including money organizations. Using data from National Longitudinal survey 1997, we estimate impact...