Federal policies,state responses,and community college outcomes: Testing an augmented Bennett hypothesis |
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| Authors: | Allison B Frederick Stephen J SchmidtLewis S Davis |
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| Institution: | Department of Economics, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308, USA |
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| Abstract: | We estimate the impact of increases in Federal student aid and higher education funding, such as the recently proposed American Graduation Initiative (AGI), on the outcomes of community colleges, including enrollments, list and average tuitions, and educational quality. We develop a reduced form model of state-level education policy in which state policy makers, who have objectives that differ from those of Federal policy makers, respond to changes in Federal policies. Our empirical specification treats state and institutional variables as endogenous; we interpret the coefficients as measuring the responses of state and institution officials to changes in Federal policies. We simulate the effects of AGI and find little evidence that states recapture Federal education resources. AGI would have a significant effect on educational quality but a limited effect on enrollments. An equivalent increase in Federal student aid would have greater impact on access and enrollments, but decrease educational quality. |
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| Keywords: | I22 I28 H52 H75 |
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