NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20250
Since 20240
Since 2021 (last 5 years)1
Since 2016 (last 10 years)3
Since 2006 (last 20 years)6
Descriptor
College Attendance6
Student Financial Aid6
High School Students3
Intervention3
Program Effectiveness3
Academic Achievement2
College Admission2
College Applicants2
Comparative Analysis2
Low Income2
Program Evaluation2
Academic Advising1
Academic Degrees1
Academic Persistence1
Access to Education1
Admissions Counseling1
After School Programs1
Barriers1
Behavior Patterns1
Certification1
Coaching (Performance)1
College Entrance Examinations1
College Freshmen1
College Graduates1
Correlation1
More ▼
Source
Educational Evaluation and…1
Journal of Policy Analysis…1
Journal of Research on…1
National Bureau of Economic…1
US Department of Education1
What Works Clearinghouse1
Author
Baker, Rachel1
Benjamin L. Castleman1
Bettinger, Eric1
Bettinger, Eric P.1
Erickson, Heidi H.1
Evans, Brent J.1
Katharine Meyer1
Lindsay C. Page1
Mamun, Arif1
Mills, Jonathan N.1
Schirm, Allen1
Seftor, Neil S.1
Wolf, Patrick J.1
More ▼
Publication Type
Reports - Research4
Journal Articles3
Reports - Evaluative2
Education Level
Higher Education6
High Schools4
Postsecondary Education4
Secondary Education3
Elementary Secondary Education2
Elementary Education1
Two Year Colleges1
Audience
Location
Louisiana (New Orleans)1
Texas (Austin)1
Texas (Houston)1
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
ACT Assessment1
SAT (College Admission Test)1
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Meets WWC Standards without Reservations3
Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations6
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
The Effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on Student Achievement and College Entrance
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Erickson, Heidi H.; Mills, Jonathan N.; Wolf, Patrick J. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
The Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) offers publicly funded vouchers to moderate- and low-income students in low-performing public schools to enroll in participating private schools. Established in 2008 as a pilot program in New Orleans, the LSP expanded statewide in 2012. Drawing upon the random lotteries that placed students in LSP schools,…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Student Financial Aid, Program Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
Customized Nudging to Improve FAFSA Completion and Income Verification
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Direct linkDirect link
Lindsay C. Page; Benjamin L. Castleman; Katharine Meyer – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2020
Informational and behavioral barriers hinder social benefit take-up. We investigate the impact of mitigating these barriers through providing personalized information on benefits application status and application assistance on filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the gateway to college financial aid. Through a…
Descriptors: Barriers, Student Financial Aid, Income, College Applicants
College Guidance for All: A Randomized Experiment in Pre-College Advising
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bettinger, Eric P.; Evans, Brent J. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2019
Pre-college advising programs exist in most disadvantaged high schools throughout the United States. These programs supplement traditional advising by high school guidance counselors and attempt to help underrepresented and disadvantaged students overcome the complexities of the postsecondary admission and financial aid processes. Existing…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Disadvantaged Schools, High School Students, College Attendance
WWC Review of the Report "Evaluation of the College Possible Program: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial." What Works Clearinghouse Single Study Review
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
The 2013 study, "Evaluation of the College Possible Program: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial", investigated the effect of the "College Possible" program, which is designed to serve low-income high school students by providing SAT/ACT test preparation, financial aid consulting, and college admissions guidance in an…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Regression (Statistics), Low Income, High School Students
The Effects of Student Coaching in College: An Evaluation of a Randomized Experiment in Student Mentoring. NBER Working Paper No. 16881
Direct linkDirect link
Bettinger, Eric; Baker, Rachel – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011
College completion and college success often lag behind college attendance. One theory as to why students do not succeed in college is that they lack key information about how to be successful or fail to act on the information that they have. We present evidence from a randomized experiment which tests the effectiveness of individualized student…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Time Management, College Attendance, Self Advocacy
The Impacts of Regular Upward Bound on Postsecondary Outcomes Seven to Nine Years after Scheduled High School Graduation. Final Report
PDF on ERIC Download full text
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)