Do two-year colleges increase overall educational attainment? Evidence from the states
✍ Scribed by Cecilia Elena Rouse
- Book ID
- 101297402
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 112 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0276-8739
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Are two-or four-year colleges more efficient at increasing the educational attainment of young adults? I use state variation in two-and four-year college systems to address this question at the state level. I find that the composition and cost of higher education in a state affect the enrollment decisions of individuals in that state. Further, attending a two-year rather than a four-year college may lower the educational attainment of some students, but more students will benefit from the community college alternative. It also most likely costs the state more to educate a student in a four-year rather than a two-year college. As a result, community colleges provide a potentially efficient way to increase access to higher education as well as increase the overall educational attainment of a state's residents.