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Hoxby, Caroline; Turner, Sarah – Education Next, 2013
For this study, the authors designed an experiment to test whether some high-achieving, low-income students would change their behavior if they knew more about colleges and, more importantly, whether a cost-effective way to help such students realize their full array of college opportunities can be implemented. This was done by randomly assigning…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Intervention, High Achievement, Low Income Groups