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Admissions Policies, Cohort Composition, and Academic Success: Evidence from California

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  • Michel Grosz

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I study how postsecondary admission policies affect the composition and academic outcomes of new cohorts. I leverage the staggered replacement of lotteries and waitlists at California’s community college nursing programs with admissions that rely on grades, work experience, and other evaluative measures. I find increases in the average prior academic performance of incoming cohorts, but not in academic outcomes like completion rates and licensing exam pass rates. In some specifications, I find increased shares of new students who were white, though in others I find no effect. The change also reduced how long students spent waiting to enter nursing programs.

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  • Michel Grosz, 2023. "Admissions Policies, Cohort Composition, and Academic Success: Evidence from California," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 58(4), pages 1242-1272.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:58:y:2023:i:4:p:1242-1272
    Note: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.59.2.0820-11131R3
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    JEL classification:

    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality

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