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Title: Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center Brain Drain in Maryland: Exploring Student Movement from High School to Postsecondary Education and the Workforce
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Publication Year: 2018
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Abstract: Once Maryland students graduate from high school, they have the opportunity to remain in-state for postsecondary education or leave Maryland for further education or employment. This loss of graduates to other states has been termed “brain drain” and is a concern for state policymakers (Zheng & Ness, 2010). Several states have adopted merit-based programs designed to retain college-educated individuals in order to support the state workforce, but outcomes have been inconsistent across the high school-to-college and collegeto-workforce transition points. This study uses data from the Maryland Longitudinal Data System (MLDS) to link student high school records to college and employment information in order to determine the extent of brain drain in Maryland. Findings indicated that brain drain does exist in Maryland to some degree, as students who attended out-of-state colleges were less likely to return to the Maryland workforce when compared to students who attended instate colleges (80% of students who enrolled at Maryland colleges had post-college workforce records, compared to 57% of students who enrolled outside Maryland). Additionally, the students lost to brain drain tended to be higher achieving students. Policy implications and directions for future research on brain drain in Maryland are discussed.
Url: https://mldscenter.maryland.gov/egov/Publications/BrainDrain_March2018.pdf
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Authors: Bloomfield, Amber; Rose, Bess A.; Preston, Alison M.; Henneberger, Angela K.
Publisher: Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Education, Labor Force and Occupational Structure
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