Broward College LINCS students showed statistically significant increases in employment (3.3 percent) and earnings (5.2 percent) since enrolling, but these gains cannot be attributed to the LINCS program because estimated impacts were not statistically significant¶

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q2 i? For the 150 Broward College students, outcomes represented a 3.3 percent increase in employment and a 5.2 percent increase in earnings since first enrolling; both increases were statistically significant, but the estimated impacts were not, so the gains cannot be attributed to LINCS. → Nan Maxwell 2017

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Nan Maxwell 2017¶

Nan Maxwell, Sarah Dolfin, Julie Bruch, Dara Lee Luca. (2017). Outcomes from a Certification Program for Early Career Professionals in Supply Chain Management. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/outcomes-from-a-certification-program-for-early-career-professionals-in-supply-chain-management

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Impact analysis comparing Broward College students who completed a certification track course in 2015 with students who took an SCM course in 2014 without LINCS. Pre-post increases of 3.3 percent (employment) and 5.2 percent (earnings) were significant, but "the estimated impacts were not statistically significant"; no effect size is printed.

"For the 150 students at Broward College, these outcomes represented a 3.3 percent increase in employment and 5.2 percent increase in earnings since the time they first enrolled in a LINCS course. Although both increases were statistically significant, they cannot be attributed to the LINCS program, because the estimated impacts were not statistically significant."

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Related Claims¶

• The outcomes study used a comparative design contrasting 2015 Broward LINCS completers with 2014 SCM students who did not participate in LINCS, and could not assess longer-term outcomes because of time limitations — related
• More than four-fifths of 2015 LINCS certification track course completers in five consortium colleges were employed within three quarters after the course, with average quarterly earnings of nearly $7,400 — related
• LINCS surpassed its targets for program completion, exceeding its proposal goal of preparing students for supply chain management positions — related
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