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Title: Failing Grades: Examining The Long-Term Effects of Failure in Education
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1. Sanabria, Tanya
Failing Grades: Examining The Long-Term Effects of Failure in Education
Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine, 2019
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)
Keyword(s): College Major/Field of Study/Courses; Educational Attainment; Grade Point Average (GPA)/Grades

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In Chapter 3, I use transcript data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97) to show that while college remedial coursework benefits some students, the substantial number of students who fail remediation are considerably worse off (e.g., they are less likely to graduate, take longer to graduate, and earn less) than peers who were not placed in remediation.
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Sanabria, Tanya. Failing Grades: Examining The Long-Term Effects of Failure in Education. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine, 2019.