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The Impact of High School Curriculum on College Enrollment Rates
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Blosveren, Kate R. |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | This study examines how mandated curriculum, specifically, rigorous curriculum, is associated with the percentage of a high schools graduating class that chooses to enroll immediately in either a two-year or four-year college. The study finds a positive relationship between curriculum and enrollment rates, suggesting that schools requiring rigorous curriculum are more likely to see a larger percentage of their graduating seniors enroll in postsecondary institutions. Requiring a rigorous curriculum is associated with an increase in the total college enrollment rate by 2.97 percentage points. The association between rigorous curriculum and four-year college enrollments rates is nearly three times that, with schools requiring a rigorous curriculum increasing the percentage of students enrolling in four-year colleges by 8.90 percentage points, or an increase of 40.51 percent. Rigorous curriculum requirements are associated with decreases in two-year college enrollment rates, implying that students required to complete a rigorous curriculum may opt out of two-year colleges into four-year colleges. However, due to limitations of the data, we cannot draw a causal relationship between curriculum requirements and college enrollment rates. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/555968/etd_krb28.pdf;jsessionid=FB73CD49FB9C367212D0E033F3B034E0?sequence=5 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
