A National Study of the Financial Implications of Community College Baccalaureate Adoption

Author ORCID Identifier

Xiaodan Hu:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8648-0601

Publication Title

Journal of Higher Education

ISSN

00221546

E-ISSN

15384640

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Community college baccalaureate (CCB) degree programs have become increasingly popular in recent years, with over 100 community colleges in 24 states currently offering at least one bachelor’s degree program. Despite the growing prevalence of CCB degree programs, the financial implications of CCB adoption remain largely unknown. This study leverages a novel national dataset and employs a difference-in-differences regression approach to examine the relationship between CCB adoption and multiple indicators of institutional revenue and financial priorities. We find that CCB adoption is associated with decreases in community colleges’ reliance on public funds and increases in their reliance on tuition and fees.

First Page

1053

Last Page

1086

Publication Date

11-9-2020

DOI

10.1080/00221546.2020.1738163

Keywords

Community college, community college baccalaureate, educational policy, higher education finance, quasi-experimental analysis

Department

Department of Counseling and Higher Education (CAHE)

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