Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j7BEUlG28318; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:30:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:30:47 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <s2fb283f.090@mail.jsi.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Silja Kallenbach" <silja_kallenbach@worlded.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:1427] Re: GED and postsecondary X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 4284 Lines: 90 Hello, I'm posting here relevant excerpts from the lit review section from the evaluation report of the New England ABE-to-College Transition Project. We have looked to research by Steve Reder for information on college persistence rates for GED recipients. It's a bit outdated from 1996 (even though the publication is from 2001), but to our knowledge, there is no up-to-date national data on this subject. Basically, Reder's research shows that only 28 percent of students with GEDs entering postsecondary education had either attained a degree or were still enrolled and pursuing a degree five years after entry, as compared to 54 percent of students entering with high school diplomas. And these figures need to be viewed in light of the low percentage of GED grads who enter college in the first place. Please read below for the full reference. I invite anyone interested in these issues to peruse our web site www.collegetransition.org and to join the National College Transition Network, which you can do from the web site. The evaluation of the New England ABE-to-College Transition Project will be posted on that web site this fall. Silja Kallenbach "Adult Literacy and Postsecondary Education Students: Overlapping Populations and Learning Trajectories. Reder, Stephen in Annual Review of Adult Learning and Literacy, Vol. 1. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA, 2001. This study examined the experience of adult learners as they become participants in the postsecondary education system. Rresearch on postsecondary persistence and attainment finds being a GED graduate or receiving a certificate of high school completion to be one of seven risk factors for dropping out of postsecondary education without attaining a degree. Other studies (Boesel et al., 1998) report that 50 percent to 63 percent of GED recipients get additional postsecondary education or training (most of which occurs in two-year and vocational-technical colleges and most of which is focused on acquiring occupational skills). In this study, Reder analyzed data provided by the Beginning Postsecondary Student (BPS) survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. The BPS survey reports on the type of high school credentials beginning postsecondary students obtained: high school diploma, GED, or other certificate of high school completion. Although almost 20 percent of students entering certificate programs had a GED or equivalent considerably smaller percentages of students beginning postsecondary education in two- or four-year institutions had a GED or equivalency certificate. Only 2 percent of students entering four-year and 7 percent entering two-year institutions had a GED. Since 15 percent to 20 percent of all high school credentials awarded were GEDs, this indicates that relatively few GED recipients go on to postsecondary academic education. This finding is consistent with research that contrasts the relatively large numbers of adult education students who report planning to pursue college degrees with the small numbers who actually enter or complete postsecondary academic programs. Looking at the BPS data on the persistence rates for beginning postsecondary students who enter two-year colleges with a high school diploma or a GED, Reder found 54 percent of students entering with high school diplomas either attained a degree or were still enrolled and pursuing a degree five years after entry, while only 28 percent of students with GEDs entering postsecondary education had either attained a degree or were still enrolled and pursuing a degree five years after entry. The highest persistence rates occured among students entering four-year institutions and the lowest rates for students entering two-year institutions. ********************************************* Silja Kallenbach, Coordinator New England Literacy Resource Center World Education 44 Farnsworth Street Boston, MA 02201 tel. 617-482-9485 fax. 617-482-0617 email. silja_kallenbach@worlded.org >>> jataylor@utk.edu 08/11 9:22 AM >>> Hello all - Does anyone know how many GED students go on to participate in some amount of postsecondary? Do we also know how many complete a 2 year degree, and how many complete a 4 year degree? Thanks so much, Jackie Taylor jataylor@utk.edu
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