ERIC Number: ED618300
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-May
Pages: 56
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Realizing Your College Potential? Impacts of College Board's RYCP Campaign on Postsecondary Enrollment. EdWorkingPaper No. 19-40
Gurantz, Oded; Howell, Jessica; Hurwitz, Michael; Larson, Cassandra; Pender, Matea; White, Brooke
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
The College Board sought to reduce barriers in the college application process by minimizing information aggregation costs, encouraging a broad application portfolio, and providing an impetus to start the search process. Some students were offered additional encouragements, such as text message reminders or college application fee waivers. In a randomized control trial with 785,000 low- and middle-income students in the top 50% of the PSAT and SAT distributions, we find no changes in college enrollment patterns, with the exception of a 0.02[sigma] increase in college quality measures for African-American and Hispanic students
Descriptors: Barriers, College Applicants, Incentives, Telecommunications, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Enrollment, Student Costs, College Entrance Examinations, Racial Differences, Social Differences
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: AISR_Info@brown.edu; Web site: http://www.annenberginstitute.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: SAT (College Admission Test); Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test
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What Works Clearinghouse Reviewed: Meets Evidence Standards without Reservations
WWC Study Page: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Study/90221