Addressing the Needs of Underprepared Students in Higher Education
Addressing the Needs of Underprepared Students in Higher Education
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满足高等教育中准备不足的学生的需求
DOI：
10.3368/jhr.44.3.736
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发表时间：
2005
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通讯作者：
B. Long
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作者：
E. Bettinger;B. Long
每年，成千上万的高中毕业生在学业上为大学做好了充分的准备。许多人必须参加补习或发展性高等教育课程，并且关于此类计划的有效性的争论越来越多。本文使用超过 28,000 名学生的独特数据集研究了补救的效果。为了解决选择偏差，本文根据安置政策的变化和邻近大学选择的重要性，实施了工具变量策略。结果表明，与背景相似但不需要参加课程的学生相比，接受补习的学生更有可能坚持读大学。
Each year, thousands graduate high school academically underprepared for college. Many must take remedial or developmental postsecondary coursework, and there is a growing debate about the effectiveness of such programs. This paper examines the effects of remediation using a unique data set of over 28,000 students. To account for selection biases, the paper implements an instrumental variables strategy based on variation in placement policies and the importance of proximity in college choice. The results suggest that students in remediation are more likely to persist in college in comparison to students with similar backgrounds who were not required to take the courses.