Two-year community colleges enroll nearly half of all first-time undergraduates in the United
States, but to ambiguous effect: low persistence rates and the potential for diverting students …

It is well established that students who begin post-secondary education at a community
college are less likely to earn a bachelor's degree than otherwise similar undergraduates …

Decades of research have estimated the effect of entering a community college on
bachelor's degree attainment. In this study, we examined the influence of methodological …

Community colleges increase college access, extending postsecondary educational
opportunities to underserved students, yet, these students exhibit low rates of program …

This paper examines the effects of community college tuition on college enrollment. I exploit
quasi-experimental variation from discounts for community college tuition in Texas that were …

College tuition and student debt levels have been rising at an alarming pace for at least two
decades. These trends, coupled with an economy weakened by a major recession, have …

Student employment subsidies are one of the largest types of federal employment subsidies,
yet little is known about their impact. We provide a framework highlighting the likelihood of …

This study explores how student employment affects college persistence and how these
effects differ by individual likelihood of participating in student employment. I analyze data …

We examine the heterogeneous effects of private supplementary education, often called
shadow education, on math test scores by propensity to use shadow education among …

Sociologists of education have explored the relationship between students' postsecondary
aspirations and their propensity to get “cooled out” in community colleges. However …