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Do the returns to community colleges differ between academic and vocational programs?

This paper provides new evidence about the payoffs to community colleges' terminal training programs as distinct from their traditional transfer function. Using NLSY data, we offer three main findings. First, four-year college graduates who started at a community college are not at a substantia...

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Published in:	The Journal of human resources 2003, Vol.38 (1), p.134-155
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