Momentum: The Academic and Economic Value of a 15-Credit First-Semester Course Load for College Students in Tennessee

Explores the academic and economic consequences of taking higher or lower credit loads. Using student-level data from the Tennessee Board of Regents, it estimates differences in award completion and credit accumulation across students according to their first semester and first-year credit loads. 

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Community College Research Center
Year Resource Released
2016

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