Does Age of Entrance Affect Community College Completion Probabilities? Evidence From a Discrete-Time Hazard Model
Does Age of Entrance Affect Community College Completion Probabilities? Evidence From a Discrete-Time Hazard Model
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入学年龄会影响社区大学的完成概率吗？
DOI：
10.3102/0162373707306026
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发表时间：
2007
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Davis Jenkins
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作者：
Juan Carlos Calcagno;P. Crosta;Thomas R. Bailey;Davis Jenkins
研究一直表明，年龄较大的学生，即那些在25岁或25岁以上首次进入大学的学生，完成学位或证书的可能性较小。作者使用佛罗里达一群首次就读社区大学的学生的成绩单数据估计了一个单风险离散时间风险模型，以比较老年学生和传统年龄学生的教育成果。与传统观点相反，作者的研究结果表明，在控制了认知数学能力之后，在佛罗里达社区学院就读的年龄较大的学生在观察到的事件期间完成学位或证书的条件概率更高。
Research has consistently shown that older students—those who enter college for the first time at age 25 or older—are less likely to complete a degree or certificate. The authors estimate a single-risk discrete-time hazard model using transcript data on a cohort of first-time community college students in Florida to compare the educational outcomes of older and traditional-age students. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the authors’ results suggest that after controlling for cognitive mathematics ability, older students enrolled in Florida community colleges have a higher conditional probability of completing a degree or certificate in the observed event period.