Examining the Educational and Employment Outcomes of Reverse Credit Transfer

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  • Author(s): Giani, Matt S. (ORCID Giani, Matt S. (ORCID 0000-0001-7257-7253); Taylor, Jason L. (ORCID Taylor, Jason L. (ORCID 0000-0002-1946-867X); Kauppila, Sheena (ORCID Kauppila, Sheena (ORCID 0000-0001-5396-7790)
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    AERA Open. Jan-Dec 2021 7(1).
  • Publication Date:
    2021
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://sagepub.com
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      15
    • Education Level:
      Higher Education
      Postsecondary Education
      Two Year Colleges
    • Subject Terms:
      Reverse Transfer Students; College Credits; Outcomes of Education; Transfer Policy; State Policy; Associate Degrees; Bachelors Degrees; Educational Attainment; Academic Persistence; Community Colleges; Labor Market; Employment Patterns; Stopouts; Racial Differences; Age Differences
    • Subject Terms:
      Texas
    • Subject Terms:
      Pell Grant Program
    • ISSN:
      2332-8584
    • Abstract:
      Reverse credit transfer (RCT) is an emerging policy designed to award associate's degrees to students who transfer from 2-year to 4-year colleges after transfer. The purpose of this study is to estimate the impact of RCT degree receipt on students' university and labor outcomes using data from Texas, where the legislature passed RCT policy in 2011. We find that posttransfer associate's degree recipients are significantly more likely to persist and attain in universities compared to their peers who were eligible for RCT but did not receive the degree, and these benefits are often larger for students from populations historically marginalized from higher education. However, these estimates are suggestive given the potential of self-selection biasing the estimates upward, and the results are sensitive to moderate bias from unobserved variables. We find limited evidence of additional benefit of these associate's degrees, which are largely academic and transfer-oriented degrees, on labor outcomes.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2022
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1323825