诺克斯的成就

Journal of Human Resources · 2023 · [{"name": "Celeste K. Carruthers", "affiliation": ["University of Tennessee at Knoxville"]}, {"name": "William F. Fox", "affiliation": ["Knoxville College", "University of Tennessee at Knoxville"]}, {"name": "Christopher Jepsen", "affiliation": ["Economic and Social Research Institute"]}]

中文摘要

我们考察一项"最后一美元"（last-dollar）"免费社区大学"项目对大学学分积累、大学完成率以及中期劳动力市场结果的影响。Knox Achieves 项目承诺向田纳西州诺克斯县（Knox County）任何高中毕业生提供免学费的社区大学教育，并成为全州 Tennessee Promise 项目以及美国各地方与州级同类举措的范本。我们发现，获得 Knox Achieves 资格使高中毕业后九年内获得副学士学位的可能性提高 24%，同时获得学士学位可能性出现正向但不显著的变化，州内收入出现负向但不显著的变化。

Abstract

<h3>Abstract</h3> We examine the effect of a last-dollar “free community college” program on college credit accumulation, college completion, and medium-term labor-market outcomes. Knox Achieves pledged tuition-free community college to any Knox County, Tennessee high school graduate and served as the model for the statewide Tennessee Promise program as well as local and state initiatives across the U.S. We find that Knox Achieves eligibility led to a 24 percent higher likelihood of attaining an associate’s degree within nine years of high school, alongside positive but insignificant changes in the likelihood of attaining a bachelor’s degree, and negative but insignificant changes in in-state earnings.