Does age of entrance affect community college completion probabilities? Evidence from a discrete-time Hazard model

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 218-235

  Calcagno, Juan Carlos ^a   Crosta, Peter ^a   Bailey, Thomas ^a   Jenkins, Davis ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

Author keywords

Community colleges; Event history model; Graduation rates; Older students

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548371810     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373707306026     Document Type: Article

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