TY - JOUR
T1 - Determinants of Dual Enrollment Access
T2 - A National Examination of Institutional Context and State Policies
AU - Spencer, George
AU - Maldonado, Mónica
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a grant from the American Educational Research Association (AERA), which receives funds for its “AERA Grants Program” from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under NSF award NSF-DRL No. 749275. Opinions reflect those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of AERA or NSF.
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Despite considerable growth in rates of participation in recent years, concerns remain about disparities in access to dual enrollment programs. On one hand, there are questions regarding who has access, which students are most disadvantaged, and which schools fail to offer the opportunity at all? On the other hand, there has been little clarity about what helps to improve access—in particular, what is the role of state policies in this effort? Using nationally representative data sources, this study uses a multilevel approach to understand how dual enrollment participation varies at the level of states, schools, and students. The findings reveal that policy mandates are among the strongest predictors of dual enrollment participation. Furthermore, schools serving greater proportions of racially minoritized students are the least likely to offer dual enrollment, but within schools, students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds have a lower probability of participating relative to their more affluent peers.
AB - Despite considerable growth in rates of participation in recent years, concerns remain about disparities in access to dual enrollment programs. On one hand, there are questions regarding who has access, which students are most disadvantaged, and which schools fail to offer the opportunity at all? On the other hand, there has been little clarity about what helps to improve access—in particular, what is the role of state policies in this effort? Using nationally representative data sources, this study uses a multilevel approach to understand how dual enrollment participation varies at the level of states, schools, and students. The findings reveal that policy mandates are among the strongest predictors of dual enrollment participation. Furthermore, schools serving greater proportions of racially minoritized students are the least likely to offer dual enrollment, but within schools, students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds have a lower probability of participating relative to their more affluent peers.
KW - dual enrollment
KW - state policy
KW - stratification
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U2 - 10.1177/23328584211041628
DO - 10.1177/23328584211041628
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85114444609
SN - 2332-8584
VL - 7
JO - AERA Open
JF - AERA Open
ER -