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Direct linkSmith, Jonathan; Howell, Jessica; Hurwitz, Michael – Education Finance and Policy, 2022
We estimate the impact of one of the largest college-to-student outreach efforts in the nation, the College Board's Student Search Service. In an oversubscribed "order," colleges receive contact information of a randomly chosen subset of PSAT and SAT exam takers who opt into the service and meet colleges' search criteria from a larger…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, College Choice, High School Students, Program Effectiveness
Download full textAltmejd, Adam; Barrios-Fernández, Andrés; Drlje, Marin; Goodman, Joshua; Hurwitz, Michael; Kovac, Dejan; Mulhern, Christine; Neilson, Christopher; Smith, Jonathan – Centre for Economic Performance, 2020
Family and social networks are widely believed to influence important life decisions but identifying their causal effects is notoriously difficult. Using admissions thresholds that directly affect older but not younger siblings' college options, we present evidence from the United States, Chile, Sweden and Croatia that older siblings' college and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Siblings, Family Influence, College Choice
Smith, Jonathan – College Board, 2011
The goal of this research brief is to highlight new causal evidence on how the number of colleges to which students apply affects their college enrollment decisions. Using a 2004 sample of students who applied to at least one four-year college, this research brief finds that applying to more colleges causally increases students' probabilities of…
Descriptors: Enrollment Rate, College Applicants, Probability, Low Income Students
