@EdWorkingPaper{ai20-301,
title = "Happy Together? The Peer Effects of Dual Enrollment Students on Community College Student Outcomes",
author = "Vivian Yuen Ting Liu, Di Xu",
institution = "Annenberg Institute at Brown University",
number = "301",
year = "2020",
month = "September",
URL = "http://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai20-301",
abstract = {Nationally, 15% of first-time community college students were high school dual enrollment (DE) students, which raises concerns about how high school peers might influence college enrollees. Using administrative data from a large state community college system, we examine whether being exposed to a higher percentage of DE peers in entry-level (gateway) math and English courses influences non-DE enrollees’ performance. Using a two-way fixed effects model, our results indicate that college enrollees exposed to a higher proportion of DE peers had lower pass rates and grades in gateway courses, and higher course repetition rates. Supplemental student-level analysis suggests that greater exposure to DE peers during a student’s initial semester in college reduces next-term college persistence.},
}