Do community colleges really divert students from earning bachelor's degrees?

Sample Selection Bias as a Specification Error

James J. Heckman · Econometrica · 1979 · 28.9K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Behavioral Economics +16

The "Cooling-Out" Function in Higher Education

Burton R. Clark · American Journal of Sociology · 1960 · 845 citations

Education, Higher Education, Higher Education Leadership +6

Education and Self-Selection

Robert J. Willis, Sherwin Rosen · Journal of Political Economy · 1979 · 800 citations · Full text

Education, Higher Education, Secondary Education +13

The diverted dream: community colleges and the promise of educational opportunity in America, 1900-1985

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 610 citations

Humanities, Educational Administration, History +14

The Contradictory College: The Conflicting Origins, Impacts, and Futures of the Community College.

Barbara K. Townsend, Kevin J. Dougherty · The Journal of Higher Education · 1996 · 489 citations

Education, Higher Education, Higher Education Administration +10