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ERIC Number: EJ1456371
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jan
Pages: 24
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0276-8739
EISSN: EISSN-1520-6688
Can Information and Advising Affect Postsecondary Participation and Attainment for Military Personnel? Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment with the U.S. Army
Andrew C. Barr; Kelli A. Bird; Benjamin L. Castleman; William L. Skimmyhorn
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, v44 n1 p73-96 2025
Despite generous financial aid, military veterans have high rates of undermatch and generally poor postsecondary outcomes. We conducted a large-scale, multi-arm field experiment with the U.S. Army to investigate whether personalized information about postsecondary options and access to advising affects service members' postsecondary choices and outcomes. We find no impact of the intervention on whether or where veterans enroll in college or on their college persistence. These results suggest that light touch strategies that have been effective at addressing similar challenges among traditional students, and which we modified for the military context, are not sufficient to improve veterans' postsecondary outcomes.
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2191/en-us
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Adult Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
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