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Castleman, Benjamin; Goodman, Joshua – Education Finance and Policy, 2018
Though counseling is one commonly pursued intervention to improve college enrollment and completion for disadvantaged students, there is relatively little causal evidence on its efficacy. We use a regression discontinuity design to study the impact of intensive college counseling provided by a Massachusetts program to college-seeking, low-income…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Students, Enrollment
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Watt, Karen M.; Huerta, Jeffery; Lozano, Aliber – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2007
This study examines 4 groups of high school students enrolled in 2 college preparatory programs, AVID and GEAR UP. Differences in student educational aspirations, expectations and anticipations, knowledge of college entrance requirements, knowledge of financial aid, and academic achievement in mathematics were examined. Adelman's (1999)…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Grade 10