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10.3102/00028312241276855  \nArticle reuse guidelines: [sagepub.com/journals-permissions](sagepub.com/journals-permissions)  \n􀀂 2024 AERA. [https://journals.sagepub.com/home/aer](https://journals.sagepub.com/home/aer)  \nAccelerated Postsecondary Pathways: The Longer-Term Impact of the Early College High School Model on Postsecondary Degree Attainment  \nMengli Song  \nKyle Neering  \nKristina L. Zeiser  \nRobert Schwarzhaupt  \nSara Mitchell  \nThe American Institutes for Research  \nUtilizing a lottery-based natural experiment, this study assessed the longerterm impact of early colleges on postsecondary degree attainment. It found that early colleges significantly increased the overall degree completion and associate degree completion rates within 10 years of expected high school graduation. While the impact on bachelor’s degree or advanced degree attainment was no longer significant 10 years after high school, results from earlier years suggest that early college students attained these degrees at a higher rate and faster pace than control students. This study also found that the early college impact on bachelor’s degree attainment was significantly stronger for underrepresented minorities and that the impact on  \nMENGLI SONG is a principal researcher at the American Institutes for Research, 1400 Crystal Drive, 10th Floor, Arlington, VA 22202-3289; [e-mail:](e-mail: MSong@air.org. Her)[ MSong@air.org](e-mail: MSong@air.org. Her)[. Her](e-mail: MSong@air.org. Her)[ ](e-mail: MSong@air.org. Her)work focuses on research design, quantitative methods, and evaluations of educational programs and policy.  \nKYLE NEERING is an economist at the American Institutes for Research. His research focuses on experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations of programs and policies that aim to promote student success in secondary and postsecondary settings. KRISTINA L. ZEISER is a principal researcher at the American Institutes for Research. Her research focuses on experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations of college and career readiness programs including dual enrollment and early college programs. ROBERT SCHWARZHAUPT is a researcher at the American Institutes for Research. His research focuses on understanding factors related to broadening educator and student participation in K–12 STEM and postsecondary education.  \nSARA MITCHELL is a research assistant at the American Institutes for Research. Her research focuses on college and career readiness pathways and school and district quality reviews.  \nAccelerated Postsecondary Pathways  \nassociate degree attainment was significantly stronger for students with higher prior achievement.  \nKEYWORDS: early college, postsecondary degree attainment, RCT  \nIntroduction  \nResearch has long indicated that obtaining a postsecondary degree is likely to increase an individual’s success in the workforce and lead to higher lifetime earnings (Belfield & Bailey, 2019, National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2023a) . Not all students, however, have equal access to a rewarding postsecondary education. Over the past few decades, college participation has steadily increased for the overall student population, but gaps in both college enrollment and degree attainment between students from disadvantaged backgrounds and their more advantaged peers have persisted (De Brey et al., 2021; NCES, 2023b; Reber & Smith, 2023) . Research has shown differences in academic preparation and college entrance exam taking tobe important drivers of such gaps (Holzman et al., 2020; Reber & Smith, 2023) . Thus, providing targeted college preparation to underrepresented student groups—in particular, students from low-income families, non-White/Asian/Pacific Islander students, and first-generation college goers—may help narrow the persistent gaps in college access and completion.  \nOver the past 20 years, early colleges, a special type of dual e","cbCaihMlS6NI0AoN","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihMlS6NI0AoN","pdf",815022,36,"English","# Introduction\n## Early colleges and dual enrollment context\n## Prior evidence on degree access and equity gaps\n## Study design and follow-up findings","[{\"question\":\"How does the study measure the impact of early colleges on degree attainment?\",\"answer\":\"The study uses a lottery-based natural experiment to assess longer-term effects of early college participation on postsecondary degree outcomes.\"},{\"question\":\"What changes occur in degree completion within 10 years?\",\"answer\":\"Early colleges significantly increase overall degree completion and associate degree completion rates within 10 years of expected high school graduation.\"},{\"question\":\"Do early colleges also affect bachelor’s or advanced degrees?\",\"answer\":\"At 10 years after high school, impacts on bachelor’s degree or advanced degree attainment are not significant, though earlier years suggest higher attainment rates and faster pace for early college students.\"}]","Accelerated Postsecondary Pathways - Early College High School Model - Longer-Term Impact on Postsecondary Degree Attainment | PDF",1792071584,91]