Graduation

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Completion Outcomes for Community College Transfers to Public Universities in Texas

Completion Outcomes for Community College Transfers to Public Universities in Texas If you have been following recent higher education-related news and headlines, you are likely aware that the trends in student transfers are alarming, especially in terms of community college to university transfers. Within Texas, the number of first-time transfer students enrolling at public universities…

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Examining student-faculty similarities and graduation outcomes for Hispanic/Latinx students

Student-faculty similarity and graduation outcomes for Hispanic/Latinx students In our previous blog post, we examined the relationship between the demographic similarity of faculty to students on campus and six-year graduation rates for Black or African American students. Across Doctoral Universities and Master’s Universities, there is a positive association, as a higher representation of Black or African…

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Examining student-faculty similarities and graduation outcomes for African American students

Student-faculty similarity and graduation outcomes for African American students In our previous blog post, we introduced the concept of using location quotient (LQ) scores, which serve as a measure of demographic similarity of faculty to students, as a predictor of six-year graduation rates within race/ethnicity groups. In general, we saw that a higher representation of Black…

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Does student-faculty similarity improve graduation outcomes?

Does student-faculty similarity improve graduation outcomes? As has been the case with past data blogs, many of the conversations occurring in higher education are focused on the concepts associated with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Universities, systems, and state boards of higher education are grappling with the implications of DEI, especially in terms of identifying…

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Exploring Employment Trends in the US Census Bureau PSEO Data: Masters Institutions

Exploring Employment Trends in the US Census Bureau PSEO Data: Masters Institutions The release of the US Census Bureau’s Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) data has provided new information related to how much graduates are earning, where and in which industries they are employed, and to what extent graduates are either not employed or are marginally…

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Exploring Employment Trends in the US Census Bureau PSEO Data: Doctoral Institutions

Exploring Employment Trends in the US Census Bureau PSEO Data: Doctoral Institutions Throughout the past few months, we have explored student outcomes at various points in the higher education lifecycle: retention and persistence, graduation, and post-graduation earnings. For the blog posts in June, we will continue utilizing the US Census Bureau’s Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO)…

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US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO): Masters Universities

US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO): Master’s Universities Our previous post in this multi-part series on student outcomes introduced a relatively new data source from the US Census Bureau: Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). These data provide outcome variables that include average earnings for bachelor’s and master’s degree graduates, as well as “flow” data that…

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US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO): Doctoral Universities

US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO): Doctoral Universities In the lifecycle of colleges and universities, the month of May has historically marked the end of many students’ journey through their academic pursuits and into the beginning of their careers. While most attention to student outcomes within higher education has remained focused on retention/persistence and…

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Using IPEDS Outcome Measures to Explore Graduation Rates in Texas

Using IPEDS Outcome Measures to Explore Graduation Rates in Texas In our previous blog post, we introduced the relatively new Outcome Measures (OM) calculated by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) as a means for comparing institutions across a combination of three variables: Pell grant status, prior college experience (first-time or transfer), and attendance…