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Carrie E. Miller; Meredith Phillips; Caitlin E. Ahearn – AERA Open, 2024
Some high school seniors who plan to attend college in the fall following graduation do not enroll. This phenomenon, known as summer melt, contributes to lower educational attainment, particularly among low-income students. We extend the literature on summer melt in two ways. First, we show that melt estimates can be sensitive to measurement…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Access to Education, College Enrollment
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Swanson, Elise; Ritter, Gary – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2020
The El Dorado Promise program is a universal, first dollar Promise program that guarantees a full tuition scholarship to students who attend the El Dorado School District from grades K-12, and a partial scholarship for those enrolled for at least 9th through 12th grade. We use a difference-indifferences framework to examine the impact of the El…
Descriptors: College Programs, Paying for College, Tuition, Scholarships