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Lindsay C. Page; Benjamin L. Castleman; Katharine Meyer – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2020
Informational and behavioral barriers hinder social benefit take-up. We investigate the impact of mitigating these barriers through providing personalized information on benefits application status and application assistance on filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the gateway to college financial aid. Through a…
Descriptors: Barriers, Student Financial Aid, Income, College Applicants
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Bettinger, Eric P.; Evans, Brent J. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2019
Pre-college advising programs exist in most disadvantaged high schools throughout the United States. These programs supplement traditional advising by high school guidance counselors and attempt to help underrepresented and disadvantaged students overcome the complexities of the postsecondary admission and financial aid processes. Existing…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Disadvantaged Schools, High School Students, College Attendance
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Castleman, Benjamin L.; Page, Lindsay C.; Schooley, Korynn – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2014
Despite decades of policy intervention to increase college entry and success among low-income students, considerable gaps by socioeconomic status remain. To date, policymakers have overlooked the summer after high school as an important time period in students' transition to college, yet recent research documents high rates of summer attrition…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Student Attrition, Enrollment, Persistence