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Bachelor's Degree Attainment Index (Bachelor's DAI) and Direct Bachelor's DAI

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Description

These are UChicago Consortium measurement metrics estimating the proportion of a ninth-grade cohort that earns a bachelor's degree, distinguishing direct four-year pathways from pathways involving delayed entry or two-year colleges.

Components

  • Bachelor's Degree Attainment Index and Direct Bachelor's DAI metrics: The UChicago Consortium developed two metrics to estimate students' progression to and through college: the Bachelor's DAI and the Direct Bachelor's DAI. The Direct Bachelor's DAI counts students taking "the straight-forward path of graduating high school in four years, enrolling immediately in a four-year college, and earning a four-year college degree within six years of starting college," estimated at 16 percent for 2015. The Bachelor's DAI additionally counts students who first enroll in a two-year college or delay entry before earning a four-year degree, yielding 18 percent. (Nagaoka et al. (2016))

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Key Sources

  • Nagaoka, J., & Healey, K. (2016). The educational attainment of Chicago Public Schools students: 2015: A focus on four-year college degrees. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. http://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/educational-attainment-chicago-public-schools-students-2015-focus-four-year-college
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title Bachelor's Degree Attainment Index (Bachelor's DAI) and Direct Bachelor's DAI
description These are UChicago Consortium measurement metrics estimating the proportion of a ninth-grade cohort that earns a bachelor's degree, distinguishing direct four-year pathways from pathways involving delayed entry or two-year colleges.
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