A reader of this blog requests additional information about the effects of dual enrollment on the probability of attaining an Associates Degree after reading The Benefits of Acceleration: Graduation Advantages. Based on students high school GPA the reader requests the predictive margins, that is the probabilities of degree attainment, for males and females conditioned on whether or they participated in the dual enrollment (accelerated) program. Readers are encouraged to read the above link before proceeding with the answer to the request.
Here’s how to look at the reader’s request.
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Gender |
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Female (1) |
Male (0) |
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Acceleration |
Yes (1) | Accelerated Female | Accelerated Male |
| No (0) | Non-Accelerated Female | Non-Acclerated Female | |
Here are the predictive margins (probabilities) based on students high school GPA and controlling for the covariates.
Legend: Acceleration: 1= Yes, 0 = No;
Gender: Female =1, otherwise the variable Female = 0 (Male)
It’s observed that accelerated females (orange line) exhibit the highest probabilities of degree attainment throughout the high school GPA distribution. Accelerated males (green line) closely approximate the same probabilities of degree attainment as accelerated females. Non-accelerated males (dashed brown line), on the other hand, experience the least likely probabilities of attaining an Associates Degree throughout the high school distribution. Females that do not participate in dual enrollment do better than males that don’t participate but have lower probabilities of degree attainment than accelerated males or females.
Conclusion
Dual enrollment significantly improves high school students’ probabilities of attaining an Associate Degree at the North Iowa Area Community College.