Predicting Latino Student's College Participation: State, School and Individual Effects

This study seeks to examine factors that affect time to doctorate degree and if there are any significant differences by racial/ethnic groups, with a particular emphasis on the effect of debt burden. The research questions in the study are as follows:

(1) What are the factors that affect doctorate recipients’ time to degree? Are there significant disparities by race/ethnicity, field of study, and institution?

(2) What are the relationships between undergraduate and graduate debt levels? Are there significant disparities by race/ethnicity, field of study, and institution?

(3) What is the relationship between undergraduate debt and the elapsed time from completion of the baccalaureate degree to entrance into a graduate program?

Program Personnel

Kim, Ph. D., Dongbin
Title: Principal Investigator
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