A Longitudinal Analysis of the Frequency of Part-Time Enrollment and the Persistence of Students Who Enroll Part Time

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作者：

Dennis M. O'Toole

Leslie S. Stratton

James N. Wetzel

机构：

[1] Virginia Commonwealth University,Department of Economics

[2] Virginia Commonwealth University,Department of Economics

来源：

Research in Higher Education | 2003年 / 44卷

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part-time enrollment; stop-out; persistence;

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Longitudinal data from the 1990/94 Beginning Post-Secondary Survey is used to evaluate the frequency of part-time enrollment and the persistence of students who ever enroll part time. We find that part-time enrollment is twice as common as cross-sectional estimates indicate, with between 40% 50% of the student population attending part time during at least one nonsummer term within 5 years of their initial enrollment. In total, between 52% 62% of the sample either stops out for a term or enrolls part time. The persistence of this nonstereotypical population is surprisingly high, with between 40% 60% still enrolled or graduated within a 5-year period. By comparison, 60% of those who always attend full time and never stop-out persist. These figures suggest that policymakers should direct more attention to those enrolled part time.

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页码：519 / 537

页数：18

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