By: Lauren Schudde & Sara Goldrick-Rab | October 2014
This article provides an overview of sociology’s approach to understanding community colleges. The authors describe sociological theories, examine the contributions they make to the field, and discuss the discipline’s recent debates regarding community colleges. This article has been published in the Community College Review.
By: David Deming, Noam Yuchtman, Amira Abulafi, Claudia Goldin, & Lawrence F. Katz | October 2014
This paper assesses employers’ perceptions of postsecondary degrees from different types of institutions using a resume audit field experiment. The authors focus on various comparisons, including for-profit institutions versus public institutions and more-selective versus less-selective public-sector institutions. A version of this paper appears in the American Economic Review.
Sorting Good from Bad Among For-Profit Colleges | 10/8/2014
CAPSEE research on for-profit colleges is cited in this op-ed by the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Why Aid for College Is Missing the Mark | 10/7/2014
The New York Times takes a look at the effects of federal aid for higher education on tuition costs, focusing in particular on for-profit colleges, which often provide less value for students. CAPSEE research on employer response rates to job applicants who are for-profit graduates is cited.
NEW YORK, NY (October 6, 2014) — Employers are less likely to call back job applicants with business degrees from online, for-profit colleges than those with degrees from nonselective public universities, a new experimental study from the Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment (CAPSEE) has found.
3 Must-Know Facts About For-Profit Colleges, Student Debt | 10/1/2014
CAPSEE research is cited in this U.S. News and World Report article on for-profit institutions. CAPSEE researcher David Deming is quoted.
The Ten Colleges That Get the Most Work-Study Aid | 10/1/2014
The National Journal highlights Judith Scott-Clayton and Veronica Minaya’s findings on student employment.
Sometimes a Community College Degree Is Actually Worthless | 9/26/2014
Washington Monthly discusses the lack of an earnings bump from earning a liberal arts degree at a community college, drawing on research presented at the 2014 CAPSEE conference.
The Investment in For-Profit Colleges Isn’t Paying Off | 9/25/2014
The Washington Post discusses findings from a CAPSEE resume audit study, which found that job candidates with degrees from an online for-profit school were 22 percent less likely to get a callback than those from nonselective public institutions.
Adding Value to Higher Ed | 9/22/2014
Community College Daily spotlights findings presented at CAPSEE’s 2014 conference, including the generally positive returns to associate degrees and short-term certificates. CAPSEE Director Thomas Bailey is quoted in the article.