Net Tuition, Unmet Financial Need, and Cooling Out: A National Study of Degree Aspirations Among First-Time Community College Students

IF 1.7 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Community College Review Pub Date : 2021-10-01 DOI:10.1177/00915521211026681

Cameron Sublett, Jason L. Taylor

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Abstract

Objective: This study examined the statistical association between net tuition and changes in degree aspirations among community college students. In addition, the study explored the moderating influence of unmet financial need. Method: Analyses relied on data from the most recent iteration of the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study. Estimates were derived from a series of robust multinomial models controlling for student, institutional, and state-level covariates. Results: Net tuition was consistently associated with decreased risks of experiencing a “cool out,” regardless of model specification. Yet, this main effect of net tuition was moderated by unmet need, such that net tuition increased cool out risks among students with greater unmet need. Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that net reductions in tuition alone may not fully reduce or eliminate barriers to college access and student success. Future financial aid policies should focus on the full cost of college attendance.

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净学费、未满足的经济需求和冷静:一项关于首次社区大学学生学位愿望的全国性研究

目的:探讨社区大学生净学费与学位愿望变化的统计关系。此外，本研究还探讨了未满足的财务需求的调节作用。方法:分析依赖于最新迭代的开始高等教育学生纵向研究的数据。估计来自一系列稳健的多项模型，控制了学生、机构和州一级的协变量。结果:无论模型规格如何，净学费始终与经历“冷静”的风险降低有关。然而，净学费的主要影响被未满足的需求所缓和，因此，净学费增加了未满足需求较大的学生的冷却风险。结论:本研究的结果表明，学费的净减少可能不会完全减少或消除进入大学和学生成功的障碍。未来的经济援助政策应该把重点放在大学入学的全部费用上。

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Community College Review EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： The Community College Review (CCR) has led the nation for over 35 years in the publication of scholarly, peer-reviewed research and commentary on community colleges. CCR welcomes manuscripts dealing with all aspects of community college administration, education, and policy, both within the American higher education system as well as within the higher education systems of other countries that have similar tertiary institutions. All submitted manuscripts undergo a blind review. When manuscripts are not accepted for publication, we offer suggestions for how they might be revised. The ultimate intent is to further discourse about community colleges, their students, and the educators and administrators who work within these institutions.