Examining the educational and employment outcomes of reverse credit transfer
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Matt Giani, University of Texas at Austin; Jason Taylor, University of Utah; Sheena Kauppila, Coastal Carolina University
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Project Citation:
Giani, Matt, Taylor, Jason, and Kauppila, Sheena. Examining the educational and employment outcomes of reverse credit transfer. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-11-21. https://doi.org/10.3886/E127181V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Reverse credit transfer (RCT) is an emerging policy designed to award
associate’s degrees post-transfer to students who transfer from 2-year
to 4-year colleges. The purpose of this study is to estimate the
relationship between RCT degree receipt and students’ university and
labor outcomes using data from Texas, which mandated in 2011 that
public colleges engage in RCT. We find that post-transfer associate’s
degree recipients are significantly more likely to persist and attain in
universities compared to their peers who were eligible for RCT but did
not receive the degree. However, we find limited evidence of additional
benefit of the associate’s degree on labor outcomes once the effect on
increased baccalaureate attainment is accounted for. We suggest this
may be caused by the fact that the majority of associate’s degrees
awarded through RCT are academic or transfer-oriented degrees rather
than degrees with greater alignment to the labor market.
associate’s degrees post-transfer to students who transfer from 2-year
to 4-year colleges. The purpose of this study is to estimate the
relationship between RCT degree receipt and students’ university and
labor outcomes using data from Texas, which mandated in 2011 that
public colleges engage in RCT. We find that post-transfer associate’s
degree recipients are significantly more likely to persist and attain in
universities compared to their peers who were eligible for RCT but did
not receive the degree. However, we find limited evidence of additional
benefit of the associate’s degree on labor outcomes once the effect on
increased baccalaureate attainment is accounted for. We suggest this
may be caused by the fact that the majority of associate’s degrees
awarded through RCT are academic or transfer-oriented degrees rather
than degrees with greater alignment to the labor market.
Funding Sources:
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Lumina Foundation via Institute of Higher Education Policy
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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college activities
Geographic Coverage:
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Texas
Methodology
Data Source:
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Texas Education Research Center
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