Geographic access to colleges shapes degree outcomes. Students in community college deserts face disparities while White students pivot to 4-year colleges and Black/Hispanic students often forgo college, from @riacton, @KalenaCortes, @Lois-Miller, and @CamilaNtMorales https://t.co/2dZav0EVeI
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🎁 Today's insight: Living in a "community college desert" hinders enrollment and degree completion, especially for low-income and underrepresented minority students.
Study by @riacton@KalenaCortes@Lois_Miller@CamilaNtMorales
https://t.co/ir7gZoFlLp
I'm mostly transitioning my social media presence to the other site (where the skies are bluer) and I've got a starter pack of awesome women in econ for you to follow on there. Come join us!
Along with my colleague #KevinReuning , I am proud that we were able to offer this unique opportunity for our students and get some interesting data in the process. Remember that all polls have pluses & mines. 😃
Let's welcome our next seminar speaker, Catherine Maclean (@JCMecon). She will present, Social insurance spillovers: Evidence from paid sick leave mandates and workers' compensation."
How geographic access to public colleges affects enrollment across race and socioeconomic status, with Hispanic and rural students facing fewer local options, shaping their enrollment decisions, from @riacton, @KalenaCortes, and @CamilaNtMorales https://t.co/sAammOjnpW
Let's welcome our next seminar speaker, Catherine Maclean (@JCMecon). She will present, Social insurance spillovers: Evidence from paid sick leave mandates and workers' compensation."
Interesting work from @riacton and colleagues on college "deserts" and how being further away from schools can be a barrier for some groups to accessing higher education.
https://t.co/efbwDzMf3W
New Research Emphasizes Importance of College Proximity
Distance plays an outsize role in students’ academic outcomes, especially for certain minority students, according to two studies out of Texas and California. https://t.co/2i7ykNjQgb
One week from tomorrow, the Women in Economics Club Network is hosting a virtual networking event for undergrad students from across the country!
More information & registration for the Zoom link is available here: https://t.co/qbBcHmOFCO. Please share with your students!