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Family socioeconomic status and college attendance: A consideration of individual-level and school-level pathways [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
Inequality research has found that a college education can ameliorate intergenerational disparities in economic outcomes. Much attention has focused on how family resources impact academic achievement, though research continues to identify how mechanisms
James Tompsett, Chris Knoester
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The Effects of English Learner Classification on High School Graduation and College Attendance

open access: yesAERA Open, 2019
Descriptive evidence shows that English learners (ELs) have lower high school graduation and 4-year-college attendance rates than monolingual and fluent English users.
Angela Johnson
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College Attendance Type and Subsequent Alcohol and Marijuana Use in the U.S [PDF]

open access: yesDrug and Alcohol Dependence, 2019
Megan S. Schuler   +2 more
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High School Course-Completion Trajectories and College Pathways for All: A Transcript Analysis Study on Elective Computer Science Courses

open access: yesEducation Sciences, 2022
Whereas researchers regard high school math and science coursework as the best indicator of college readiness for students in the United States, computer science coursework and its relationship to college attendance, particularly for minoritized students,
Hsun-Yu Chan   +3 more
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College Attendance among Low-Income Youth: Explaining Differences across Wisconsin High Schools

open access: yesCenter for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2022
Bolstering low-income students’ postsecondary participation is impor-tant to remediate these students’ disadvantages and to improve society’s overall level of education. Recent research has demonstrated that sec-ondary schools vary considerably in their
Christian Michael Smith, Noah Hirschl
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Gender differential effect of college on political orientation over the last 40 years in the U.S.-A propensity score weighting approach.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
It is well-known that the more educated people are, the more liberal views they tend to express. However, it is unclear whether this is due to college attendance itself or because those who go to college differ from those who do not in ways (directly or ...
Achim Edelmann, Stephen Vaisey
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Association of Class Attendance and Test with Grades Attained in BDS Final Professional

open access: yesJournal of Gandhara Medical and Dental Sciences, 2021
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to verify the association of class attendance percentage, and regular test marks of each taught subject in BDS final year with marks obtained in final examination. METHODOLOGY: Class attendance and test
Aqib Sohail   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of the college-attendance value scale for second-year students in Taiwan [PDF]

open access: yesHigher Education Evaluation and Development, 2017
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is twofold: to develop the college-attendance value scale (CAVS) in the Taiwan context to understand undergraduates’ reasons for or benefits from college education, and to examine how the value relates to additional ...
Ming-chia Lin, Eric S. Lin
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The Community College Effect Revisited: The Importance of Attending to Heterogeneity and Complex Counterfactuals [PDF]

open access: yesSociological Science, 2014
Community colleges are controversial educational institutions, often said to simultaneously expand college opportunities and diminish baccalaureate attainment.
Jennie E. Brand   +2 more
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The Effect of Catholic Education on Economic Ideology

open access: yesReligions, 2023
Religious adherence, church attendance, and economic ideology have long been intertwined. We discuss the compatibility between Catholic doctrine and individual-based free market systems and then examine the effect of Catholic school attendance on an ...
Robert T. Burrus   +3 more
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