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Rodriguez, Awilda; Rosario-Ramos, Enid; Clasing Manquian, Paula; Rosario Colón, Adriana – Journal of Higher Education, 2021
After Hurricane María, approximately 3,500 students enrolled in on Florida's school district from Puerto Rico. Displaced Puerto Rican high schoolers incurred the transitional costs of forced migration at a time in their educational trajectories when they are formulating their postsecondary plans. While student mobility is not uncommon, prevailing…
Descriptors: College Choice, Decision Making, Natural Disasters, Trauma
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Zhang, Liang; Hu, Shouping; Sun, Liang; Pu, Shi – Journal of Higher Education, 2016
This study evaluates the effect of Florida's Bright Future Program on student college choices. We used regression discontinuity design to estimate the effect of two award levels, which had different SAT/ACT thresholds, on the probability of students choosing in-state public colleges and four-year public colleges. The most consistent and robust…
Descriptors: College Choice, Regression (Statistics), Colleges, College Bound Students
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Kim, Jeongeun; Kim, Jiyun; DesJardins, Stephen L.; McCall, Brian P. – Journal of Higher Education, 2015
Noting the benefits of mathematics in students' future educational attainment and labor market success, there is considerable interest in high school requirements in terms of course-taking in mathematics at the national, state, and school district level. Previous research indicates that taking advanced math courses in high school leads to positive…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Algebra, Mathematics Achievement, High School Students