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ERIC Number: ED671601
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Oct-7
Pages: 17
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
Close and Cost Effective: How Illinois High School Seniors Decide on a 2-Year College. Part of the 2022 Illinois College-Going Survey Series. Report 2
Mariana Barragan Torres; Meg Bates
Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative, Discovery Partners Institute
In Spring 2022, the Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative (IWERC) conducted a statewide survey of high school seniors on their college decision-making. A report on the decision-making processes of 4-year college-goers was published previously, illustrating those students' focus on cost, location, and academic reputation in selecting a 4-year institution (Barragan Torres & Bates, 2023). This follow-up report provides findings for the 858 respondents who were planning to attend 2-year college, asking: (1) What general factors do Illinois high school seniors consider in choosing a 2-year college?; (2) What is the single decisive factor that most animates the 2-year college choice for Illinois high school seniors?; and (3) What are students' intentions and interactions with 2-year colleges that may influence these decisions? For each of these questions, findings for these 2-year college-goers were compared to findings previously published for 4-year college-goers who took the same survey (see Barragan Torres & Bates, 2023). The authors found that 2-year college-goers have both similar and different decision-making frameworks for college than 4-year college-goers, which is unsurprising given the different goals and structures of 2-year and 4-year colleges.
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, State of Illinois for Discovery Partners Institute. 200 South Wacker Drive, 20th Floor, Chicago, IL 60304. Tel: 217-766-6779; e-mail: IWERC@mx.uillinois.edu; Web site: https://dpi.uillinois.edu/applied-research/iwerc/
Related Records: ED671604, ED671603, ED671602, ED671600
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative (IWERC)
Identifiers - Location: Illinois
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