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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
The Costs and Consequences of Excess Credit Hours Policies
Contributor:
Kramer, Dennis A.;
Holcomb, Michael R.;
Kelchen, Robert
Published:
American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2018
Published in:
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 40 (2018) 1, Seite 3-28
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3102/0162373717709968
ISSN:
0162-3737;
1935-1062
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
The growth of the public discourse on college completion and student debt has pushed policymakers and institutional leaders to implement a variety of policies aimed at incentivizing student completion. This article examines state-adopted excess credit hour (ECH) policies on student completion and median debt outcomes. Using a quasi-experimental approach, we find little evidence that ECH policies positively affect student completion. However, we find statistically large estimates that adoption of ECH policies increase median student debt. Students from marginalized backgrounds (i.e., first-generation and low-income) appear to be most adversely affected by ECH policies. As states face constant pressures for resources, the adoption of tuition-based surcharges does not significantly alter student course-taking behaviors, rather shifts the cost burdens from the state to the individual student for perceived inefficiencies in students’ course-taking behaviors.