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Direct linkHyman, Joshua – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020
I conduct a statewide experiment in Michigan with nearly 50,000 high-achieving high school seniors. Treated students are mailed a letter encouraging them to consider college and providing them with the web address of a college information website. I find that very high-achieving, low-income students, and very high-achieving, minority students are…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, High Achievement, Information Dissemination, Low Income Students
Download full textLindsay, Jim; Austin, Megan; Wan, Yinmei; Pan, Jingtong; Pardo, Max; Yang, Ji Hyun – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2021
In Indiana and Minnesota the state education agency, state higher education agency, and the state workforce agency have collaborated to develop career and technical education courses intended to improve high school students' college and career readiness. These agencies partnered with the Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest to examine whether…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, High School Students, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Seftor, Neil S.; Mamun, Arif; Schirm, Allen – US Department of Education, 2009
This last report from Mathematica's evaluation of Upward Bound analyzes data from the final round of survey and transcript data collection as well as administrative records from the National Student Clearinghouse and the federal Student Financial Aid files. It provides the first estimates of the effects of Upward Bound on postsecondary completion.…
Descriptors: Vocational Schools, Data Collection, Student Financial Aid, Tables (Data)
Bergin, David A.; Cooks, Helen C.; Bergin, Christi C. – Research in Higher Education, 2007
This article describes EXCEL, a program that encourages youth underrepresented in higher education to enroll in higher education, specifically at the sponsoring university. Eighty-three eighth grade students with GPA of B and above and standardized test scores at grade level or above were randomly assigned to the program or to a control group. The…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Higher Education, Grade Point Average, Enrichment Activities
Myers, David; Olsen, Rob; Seftor, Neil; Young, Julie; Tuttle, Christina – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2004
Policymakers have long been concerned about the disparities in college attendance between more and less advantaged groups of students. Upward Bound is one of the largest and longest running federal programs designed to help economically disadvantaged students prepare for, enter and succeed in college. Since December 1991, Mathematica Policy…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Outcomes of Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
