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Download full textMDRC, 2015
Many students fail to enroll in college even after they have made a formal commitment to attend. Research has shown that nationally, between 10 percent and 40 percent of high school graduates who intend to go to college don't enroll the following fall. Among low-income students, these "summer melt" rates are even higher. The College…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Low Income Groups, College Bound Students, Paying for College
MDRC, 2015
There is broad consensus that our nation must increase the number of low-income and first-generation students who enroll in and complete college, yet many academically capable low-income students enroll in nonselective four-year and two-year colleges where graduation rates are low and where they are less likely to succeed; others fail to enroll at…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Academic Achievement, Student Needs, Academic Advising
Byndloss, D. Crystal; Coven, Rebecca; Kusayeva, Yana; Johnston, Christine; Sherwin, Jay – MDRC, 2015
This guide is designed for counselors, teachers, and advisers who work with high school students from low-income families and students who are the first in their families to pursue a college education. It offers strategies for helping these students identify, consider, and enroll in "match" colleges, that is, selective colleges that are…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Bound Students, College Choice, Low Income Groups
