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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