Initial evidence on the long-term impacts of work colleges |
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| Authors: | Gregory C Wolniak Ernest T Pascarella |
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| Institution: | (1) Human Capital Research Corporation, 500 Davis Street, Suite 1002, Evanston, IL 60201, USA;(2) The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA |
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| Abstract: | With the purpose of gaining a better understanding of the impacts that attending a work college may have on students while
in college and up to 25 years later, this study estimated the effects of graduating from a group of work colleges on alumni
educational and employment outcomes. Based on an overall sample of 7083 alumni from 5 work colleges, 20 private liberal arts
colleges, and 5 public regional universities, a series of regression equations tested for differences across a range of college
and employment related outcomes. With respect to a variety of facets of undergraduate educational outcomes, results indicate
that attending a work college, relative to other types of institutions, has significant long-term effects. With respect to
socioeconomic outcomes, results indicate that work colleges provide the greatest benefit to students from families with relatively
low parental incomes.
This research was supported by grants from The Mellon and Spencer Foundations. |
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| Keywords: | college impacts between-college effects work |
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