诺克斯成就计划取得了什么成效

中文摘要

本文考察一项“补足最后一美元的免费社区学院”计划对大学学分积累、大学学业完成情况及中期劳动力市场结果的影响。诺克斯成就计划承诺为田纳西州诺克斯县所有高中毕业生提供免学费的社区学院教育，并成为全州性“田纳西承诺”计划以及美国各地州级和地方性举措的范本。我们发现，获得诺克斯成就计划资格使高中毕业后九年内取得副学士学位的可能性提高了24%，同时取得学士学位的可能性呈现正向但不显著的变化，州内收入则呈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.