By: Nikki Edgecombe & Jasmine M. Sanders | September 2018 This paper compares credential production patterns of minority-serving institutions (MSIs) and non-MSIs by field of study and examines the extent to which they correspond to employment industry clusters in Alabama and California. The post Credential Production by Field and Labor Market Alignment at Minority-Serving Institutions: A Descriptive Analysis appeared first on Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment.| Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment
By: Di Xu, Shanna Smith Jaggars, & Jeffrey Fletcher | April 2016 Using detailed administrative data from Virginia, this paper and journal article examine how and why the community college pathway to a baccalaureate influences students’ degree attainment and short-term labor market performance. The post How and Why Does Two-Year College Entry Influence Baccalaureate Aspirants’ Academic and Labor Market Outcomes? appeared first on Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment.| Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment
By: Clive Belfield & Thomas Bailey | April 2017 This paper reviews results from fixed effects models of the earnings gains from completing an associate degree and compares them with ordinary least squares model estimates. The post Model Specifications for Estimating Labor Market Returns to Associate Degrees: How Robust Are Fixed Effects Estimates? appeared first on Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment.| Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment
By: Veronica Minaya & Judith Scott-Clayton | April 2017 This paper examines returns to terminal associate degrees and certificates up to 11 years after students initially entered a community college in Ohio using an individual fixed-effects approach that controls for students’ pre-enrollment earnings and allows the returns to credential completion to vary over time.| Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment