Poverty in American Higher Education
Poverty in American Higher Education
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美国高等教育的贫困
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2021
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Katharine M. Broton
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Katharine M. Broton
很大一部分大学生经历了住房不安全，太多的学生在获得文凭之前就离开了高等教育。这两种经历在来自低收入家庭的学生中更为常见，他们往往缺乏足够的资源。虽然先前的概念和定性调查表明，住房不安全与学生成绩较差有关，但由于定量数据的限制，这种关系尚未得到检验。在本文中，我使用的数据从全州范围内的低收入家庭的学生进行纵向研究的住房不安全性之间的关系在大学早期和后来的大学成绩和成就的第一个实证检验。研究结果表明，住房不安全是一个统计学上显着的预测学业成功，净的背景因素。具体而言，住房不安全与以后获得学位或入学的可能性减少8至12个百分点有关。在短期内，住房不安全也与平均GPA较低，获得至少2.0 GPA的可能性较低，以及兼职而不是全职入学的可能性较高有关，这表明住房不安全以多种方式影响学生的大学学术经历。应扩大促进大学成就的努力，以考虑学生的住房保障。高等教育机构、非营利机构和政策制定者可能会在几个时间点和多种方式进行干预，以促进住房安全和大学成功。
A substantial share of college students experience housing insecurity and too many students leave higher education before earning a credential. Both of these experiences are more common among students from low-income families who often lack adequate resources. While prior conceptual and qualitative investigations suggest that housing insecurity is associated with poorer student outcomes, this relationship has not been tested due to quantitative data limitations. In this paper, I use data from a state-wide longitudinal study of students from low-income families to conduct the first empirical test of the relationship between housing insecurity early in college and later college achievement and attainment. Findings show that housing insecurity is a statistically significant predictor of academic success, net of background factors. Specifically, housing insecurity is associated with an 8 to 12 percentage-point reduction in the probability of later degree attainment or enrollment. In the short-term, housing insecurity is also associated with lower mean GPA, a lower probability of obtaining at least a 2.0 GPA, and a higher probability of enrolling part-time rather than full-time, indicating that housing insecurity affects students’ college academic experiences in multiple ways. Efforts to promote college attainment should be expanded to consider students’ housing security. There are likely several points in time and multiple ways that higher education institutions, nonprofit agencies, and policymakers can intervene to promote secure housing and college success.