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Rattler Nation apologizes for not making it clear that Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab of the University of Wisconsin believes that community colleges are the best gateway into higher education for most of the students who attend them.

This blog's post entitled "Studies: Students who want bachelor’s degrees do best when they start at four-year colleges" quoted from a 2007 Teachers College Record article that Goldrick-Rab authored with Deborah Faye Carter and Rachelle Winkle Wagner.

Goldrick-Rab responded to Rattler Nation’s coverage by stating: "For the vast majority of community college students, a 2-year school is the best starting point.  For a small fraction of students, a 4-year school is a better point."

She posted a link to a 2012 working paper written by her, Jannie E. Brand (UCLA), and Fabian T. Pfeffer (University of Michigan). It is a case study that draws conclusions from "data on postsecondary outcomes of high school graduates of Chicago Public Schools."

That study's summary states that: "Enrolling at a community college appears to penalize more-advantaged students who otherwise would have attended four-year colleges; such students represent a relatively small portion of the community college population. However, enrolling at a community college has a modest positive effect on bachelor’s degree completion for disadvantaged students who otherwise would not have attended college; these students represent the majority of community college-goers."

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