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| Title: | Do Rural Community Colleges Supply Unique Educational Benefits? |
| Authors: | Mykerezi, Elton
Kostandini, Genti
Mills, Bradford F. |
| Keywords: | rural
colleges
education
diversion |
| JEL Codes: | I21
R0 |
| Issue Date: | 2009-08-01 |
| Abstract: | Community colleges likely draw to college individuals who would otherwise not attend due
to their low costs and open admission requirements. This is labeled as the democratization
effect. They may also divert individuals away from 4-year to terminal 2-year college degrees
(the diversion effect). This study estimates democratization and diversion effects separately
for nonmetropolitan and metropolitan youth using nationally representative data and models
that account for endogenous institution selection. We find the democratization effect to exceed
the diversion effect of community colleges for both metro and nonmetro youth. The
democratization-diversion ratio is slightly higher for urban youth. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/53086 |
| Institution/Association: | Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics>Volume 41, Number 02, August 2009 |
| From Page: | 411 |
| To Page: | 417 |
| Collections: | Volume 41, Number 02, August 2009
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