The Effects of Rising Proportions of Adult Students on Graduation Rates at Public, Two-Year Institutions
The Effects of Rising Proportions of Adult Students on Graduation Rates at Public, Two-Year Institutions
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公立两年制院校成人学生比例上升对毕业率的影响
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发表时间：
2020
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通讯作者：
Terry T. Ishitani
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作者：
Jacob A. Kamer;Terry T. Ishitani
摘要两年制公立大学为美国约三分之一的本科生提供服务，与全国其他类型的大学一样，它们面临着不断变化的人口结构。此外，近年来，两年制院校的毕业率在各州和全国范围内受到了政治和学术上的关注。这项研究调查了25岁或25岁以上的成年学生的比例如何影响两年制公立院校的毕业率。基于使用综合高等教育数据系统(IPEDS)数据的多元回归技术，研究结果表明，成年学生比例每增加1%，毕业率下降不到1%。调查结果还显示，毕业率与女性学生、兼职学生和佩尔助学金获得者的比例之间存在负相关。
ABSTRACT Two-year public colleges serve roughly one-third of undergraduate students in the United States, and, like other types of colleges across the country, they face shifting population demographics. Additionally, completion rates at two-year institutions have received political and scholarly attention within states and across the nation in recent years. This study examined how the proportion of adult students, those 25 or older, influenced the graduation rates of two-year, public institutions. Based on multiple regression techniques using data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the results of the study indicated that graduation rates decreased by less than 1% when the proportion of adult students increased by 1%. The results also revealed a negative relationship shared between graduation rates and the proportion of female students, part-time students, and the Pell Grant recipients.