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Title: Failing at Remediation? College Remedial Coursetaking, Failure and Long-Term Student Outcomes
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Sanabria, Tanya Penner, Andrew M. Domina, Thurston |
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Failing at Remediation? College Remedial Coursetaking, Failure and Long-Term Student Outcomes Research in Higher Education published online (24 March 2020): DOI: 10.1007/s11162-020-09590-z. Also: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11162-020-09590-z Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): College Degree; College Major/Field of Study/Courses; Grade Point Average (GPA)/Grades; Wage Determination Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Colleges offer remedial coursework to help students enrolling in post-secondary education who are not adequately prepared to succeed in college-level courses. Despite the prevalence of remediation, previous research presents contradictory findings regarding its short- and long-term effects. This paper uses a doubly robust inverse probability weighting strategy to examine whether the degree completion and wage outcomes associated with remedial education vary by passing or failing remedial coursework. Using the NLSY Postsecondary Transcript-1997 data, we find that almost 30% of remedial course takers fail a remedial course. Students who took and passed their remedial coursework at both 2-year and 4-year colleges were more likely to graduate from college than similar students who did not take remediation. For both 2-year and 4-year college entrants, students who failed remedial coursework were less likely to obtain a bachelor's degree and, among degree receivers, took longer to graduate. Students who entered 2-year or 4-year colleges and who failed remedial coursework earned lower wages over time compared to similar students who never took remediation. Among 4-year college entrants, these wage differences seem to be explained completely by degree completion. However, wage differences for 2-year college entrants still remain after accounting for degree receipt. Our findings thus suggest that while many students may benefit from remedial education, a substantial number of students struggle with remedial coursework and fail to realize the intended benefits. |
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Sanabria, Tanya, Andrew M. Penner and Thurston Domina. "Failing at Remediation? College Remedial Coursetaking, Failure and Long-Term Student Outcomes." Research in Higher Education published online (24 March 2020): DOI: 10.1007/s11162-020-09590-z.
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