ERIC Number: ED653564
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jun
Pages: 39
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Experimental Evidence of the Impact of Re-Enrollment Campaigns on Long-Term Academic Outcomes. EdWorkingPaper No. 24-973
Justin C. Ortagus; Hope Allchin; Benjamin Skinner; Melvin Tanner; Isaac McFarlin
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Most students who begin at a community college do not complete their desired credential. Many former students fail to graduate due to various barriers rather than their academic performance. To encourage previously successful non-completers to re-enroll and eventually graduate, a growing number of community colleges have implemented re-enrollment campaigns focused on former students who have already made substantial progress toward graduation. In this study, we randomly assigned over 27,000 former community college students to a control group, "information-only" treatment group, or "information and one-course waiver" treatment group to examine whether re-enrollment campaigns can improve their likelihood of long-term persistence and credential completion. Although we showed in earlier work that the "information and one-course waiver" treatment had a positive impact on former students' likelihood of re-enrollment, our findings reveal the re-enrollment intervention has no effect on students' likelihood of long-term persistence or credential completion for the pooled sample or any subgroup of interest, including low-income students, racially minoritized students, or adult students. Simply put, this particular re-enrollment intervention including one-time, one-course tuition waivers increased former students' likelihood of re-enrollment but was not an effective lever to increase "long-term" academic outcomes among previously successful community college students who departed early without earning a credential.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Reentry Students, College Enrollment, Educational Attainment, Time to Degree, Enrollment Management, Academic Persistence, College Credits, Low Income Students, Minority Group Students, Adult Students, School Holding Power, Student Characteristics, Demography
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
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges; Adult Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Helios Education Foundation
Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Location: Florida
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