Michal Kurlaender
Improving the Community College Transfer Pathway to the Baccalaureate: The Effect of California’s Associate Degree for Transfer
Tags: Higher educationThe transfer between two-year and four-year colleges is a critical path to baccalaureate attainment. Yet, students face a number of barriers in transfer pathways, including a lack of coherent coordination and articulation between their community colleges and four-year institutions, resulting in… more →
Capacity and flexibility in community college CTE programs: program offerings and student success
This article asks whether small changes to community college courses and programs can help improve student outcomes. We use administrative data from the California Community College system, including millions of student records and detailed course-level information for most career-technical… more →
Ready or Not? California's Early Assessment Program and the Transition to College
In this paper we investigate the impact of a statewide program aimed at better aligning K-12 to higher education and improving college readiness. We replicate an earlier study focused on the effects of this program at one campus by employing detailed administrative data on the census of… more →