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Title: Accounting for Additional Credentials in Postsecondary Earnings Data: Many Policies Are Unclear about How Graduates' Subsequent Degrees Should Be Treated
Language: English
Authors: Jason Delisle, Jason Cohn, Bryan J. Cook, Urban Institute
Source: Urban Institute. 2025.
Availability: Urban Institute. 2100 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20037. Tel: 202-261-5687; Fax: 202-467-5775; Web site: http://www.urban.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 7
Publication Date: 2025
Sponsoring Agency: Arnold Ventures
Lumina Foundation
Document Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Postsecondary Education
Higher Education
Two Year Colleges
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Income, Employment Potential, Educational Attainment, Education Work Relationship, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees
Abstract: In this brief, the authors explore how students who complete multiple higher education programs should be treated in earnings data. The authors survey how existing policies and proposals address the topic and weigh the pros and cons of each approach and consider how different goals for earnings data might merit different approaches. This information should help policymakers make more purposeful choices about how to treat students who earn additional credentials. [This brief was supported by Sova.]
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Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: ED673529
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