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Admissions Policies, Cohort Composition, and Academic Success: Evidence from California

Michel Grosz
Published online before print May 13, 2021, 0820-11131R3; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.59.2.0820-11131R3
Michel Grosz
Michel Grosz is an Economist at the Federal Trade Commission.600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580.
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I study how postsecondary admission policies affect the composition and academic outcomes of new cohorts. I leverage the staggered replacement of lotteries and waitlists at California’s community college nursing programs with admissions that rely on grades, work experience, and other evaluative measures. I find increases in the average prior academic performance of incoming cohorts, but not in academic outcomes like completion rates and licensing exam pass rates. In some specifications, I find increased shares of new students who were White, though in others I find no effect. The change also reduced how long students spent waiting to enter nursing programs.

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