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ERIC Number: EJ1238270
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 32
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0276-8739
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Can Light-Touch College-Going Interventions Make a Difference? Evidence from a Statewide Experiment in Michigan
Hyman, Joshua
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, v39 n1 p159-190 Win 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 the most likely to navigate to the website. Small changes to letter content affect take-up. For example, highlighting college affordability induces 18 percent more students to the website than highlighting college choice, and 37 percent more than highlighting how to apply to college. I find a statistically precise zero impact on college enrollment among all students who were mailed the letter. However, low-income students experience a small increase in the probability that they enroll in college, driven by increases at four-year institutions. An examination of persistence through college, while imprecise, suggests that the students induced into college by the intervention persist at a lower rate than the inframarginal student.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Michigan
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