Purpose

During 2016–2020, the number of high school students enrolled at Georgia postsecondary institutions increased by over 110% and public spending on dual enrollment more than doubled (Georgia Student Finance Commission, 2020). Benefits to dual enrollment students include improved college performance and shorter time to graduation (An and Taylor, 2015; Blankenberger et al., 2017), which translates into significant tuition cost savings and higher potential wages (Partridge et al., 2020). In light of these economic benefits, this paper examines the subject-taking patterns of dual enrollment students and factors associated with successful outcomes.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors analyzed longitudinal records of 1,931 dual enrollees at a public, four-year institution in metro-Atlanta during and between the 2015–16 and 2018–19 academic years. They performed a descriptive analysis, partial least squares structural equation modeling and regression analysis to examine the relationships between subject enrollment patterns, academic success and student demographics.

Findings

Female students fair better academically as dual enrollees than male students. Black students enroll in fewer and less varied courses. The same is true for students from more affluent neighborhoods, who may feel less need to take advantage of dual enrollment as a pathway to collegiate success. Neighborhood affluency does not appear related to dual enrollment success. Younger dual enrollment students, unsurprisingly complete more courses but do no better or worse academically in the average course. Some academic subjects are much more strongly related to the longevity of a student's dual enrollment than others.

Originality/value

There is limited published research on specific subject-taking patterns and success for dual enrollment students.

中文翻译：

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格鲁吉亚的注册模式、学生特征和双录取成功率

目的

2016 年至 2020 年间，佐治亚州高等教育机构的高中生人数增加了 110% 以上，双录取的公共支出增加了一倍以上（佐治亚州学生财政委员会，2020 年）。双录取学生的好处包括提高大学成绩和缩短毕业时间（An 和 Taylor，2015 年；Blankenberger等人，2017 年），这转化为显着的学费节省和更高的潜在工资（Partridge等人，2020 年）。鉴于这些经济效益，本文考察了双录取学生的选修模式以及与成功结果相关的因素。

设计/方法/途径

作者分析了 2015-16 学年和 2018-19 学年期间以及在亚特兰大都会区一所四年制公立机构中 1,931 名双录取学生的纵向记录。他们进行了描述性分析、偏最小二乘结构方程建模和回归分析，以检查科目入学模式、学业成功和学生人口统计数据之间的关系。

发现

作为双重入学者，女学生在学业上比男学生更好。黑人学生参加的课程越来越少。来自更富裕社区的学生也是如此，他们可能觉得不太需要利用双录取作为大学成功的途径。邻里富裕程度似乎与双录取成功无关。较年轻的双录取学生完成更多课程并不奇怪，但在平均课程中的学业成绩并没有好坏。与其他学科相比，一些学科与学生的双录取寿命的相关性要强得多。

原创性/价值

关于双录取学生的特定科目学习模式和成功的已发表研究有限。