Estimating the Effects of Pre-College Education on College Performance

Abstract

This paper assesses the effects of post-secondary education on college success by examining a large detailed cross-sectional dataset of students from the U.S. Naval Academy. We find that students who have attended a pre-college program tend to graduate at higher rates than comparable students entering directly from high school but perform at lower levels academically overall.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 2013
Accession Number
ADA581860

Entities

People

  • Phoebe M. Kotlikoff

Organizations

  • United States Naval Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Attrition
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • Propensity Score Matching
  • Regression Analysis
  • Schools
  • Service Academies
  • Social Sciences
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Students
  • United States
  • United States Naval Academy

Fields of Study

  • Education

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  • STEM Education