%0 Journal Article
%T The Effects of the Expansion of For
%A Adela Soliz
%J Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
%@ 1935-1062
%D 2018
%R 10.3102/0162373718795053
%X This study is the first large-scale examination of the impact of for-profit colleges on the enrollment and outcomes of students at other postsecondary institutions. Using data primarily from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and a differences-in-differences approach, I estimate the effect of a new for-profit college opening on community college enrollments and degree completions, as well as county education levels. My results suggest that community college enrollments and degree completions do not decline when a new degree-granting for-profit college opens nearby. Furthermore, I find evidence that the county-level production of short- and long-term certificates increases after a new for-profit college opens, though the number of associate¡¯s degrees does not increase. This evidence should serve to broaden conversations about the role of for-profit colleges in the larger landscape of the American higher education system
%K for-profit colleges
%K community colleges
%K college competition
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/0162373718795053