"Soziale Lage." . . "Bildungswesen." . . "USA." . . "Community college students." . . "Academic achievement Econometric models." . . "Hochschule." . . "Studierende." . . . . "Bildungsabschluss." . . "Qualifikation." . . . . . . . . "Do community colleges provide a viable pathway to baccalaureate degree?" . . . . . . "Community colleges have become an important entryway for students intending to complete a baccalaureate degree. However, many question the viability of the transfer function and wonder whether students suffer a penalty for starting at a two-year institution. This paper examines how the outcomes of community college entrants compare to similar students who initially entered four-year institutions within the Ohio public higher education system. Using a detailed dataset, we track outcomes for nine years and employ multiple strategies to deal with selection issues: propensity score matching and instrumental variables. The results suggest that straightforward estimates are significantly biased, but even after accounting for selection, students who initially begin at a community college were 14.5 percent less likely to complete a bachelor's degree within nine years." . . "Community colleges have become an important entryway for students intending to complete a baccalaureate degree. However, many question the viability of the transfer function and wonder whether students suffer a penalty for starting at a two-year institution. This paper examines how the outcomes of community college entrants compare to similar students who initially entered four-year institutions within the Ohio public higher education system. Using a detailed dataset, we track outcomes for nine years and employ multiple strategies to deal with selection issues: propensity score matching and instrumental variables. The results suggest that straightforward estimates are significantly biased, but even after accounting for selection, students who initially begin at a community college were 14.5 percent less likely to complete a bachelor's degree within nine years."@en . . . "Do community colleges provide a viable pathway to a baccalaureate degree?" . . "Do community colleges provide a viable pathway to a baccalaureate degree?"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Do Community Colleges provide a Viable Pathway to a Baccalaureate Degree?"@en . . "Do Community Colleges provide a Viable Pathway to a Baccalaureate Degree?" . . . . . . . "Zonder onderwerpscode: economie." . .