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Do Rural Community Colleges Supply Unique Educational Benefits?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2015

Elton Mykerezi ,
Genti Kostandini  and
Bradford Mills
Elton Mykerezi
Affiliation:
Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN
Genti Kostandini
Affiliation:
Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA
Bradford Mills
Affiliation:
Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
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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.

Keywords

ruralcollegeseducationdiversionI21R0
Type
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Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , August 2009 , pp. 411 - 417
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2009

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