Abstract

Following up on a previous impact study of Early Colleges (EC) based on retrospective admission lotteries, this study assessed longer-term impacts on students’ postsecondary outcomes with 4 more years of data. The study found that students who won EC admission lotteries were significantly more likely to enroll in college, enroll in 2-year colleges, complete a college degree, complete associate’s degrees or certificates, and complete bachelor’s degrees within 6 years after expected high school graduation than control students. Moreover, it found that treatment students completed postsecondary degrees earlier and faster than control students. Consistent with EC’s focus on college exposure during high school, the EC impacts on college enrollment and the completion of associate’s degrees largely occurred within high school. The study also found that EC impacts did not vary significantly by students’ demographic characteristics; however, some impacts were significantly stronger for students with higher levels of prior achievement.

摘要

在先前的早期大学（EC）基于回顾性录取彩票的影响研究的基础上，该研究使用了另外4年的数据评估了对学生的中学后成绩的长期影响。研究发现，赢得EC入学彩票的学生比预期的高中毕业后，在6年内入读大学，进入2年制大学，完成大学学位，完成副学士学位或证书以及获得学士学位的可能性要高得多。控制学生。此外，研究发现，接受治疗的学生比对照学生更早，更快地完成了大专学历。与EC在高中期间注重大学曝光率一致，EC对大学入学的影响以及副学士学位的完成很大程度上发生在高中。研究还发现，EC的影响并没有因学生的人口统计学特征而有显着差异。但是，对于先前成绩较高的学生，某些影响要明显强得多。