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ERIC Number: EJ1325503
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 26
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0964-5292
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Minding the Gap: Academic Outcomes from Pre-College Programs
Kotlikoff, Phoebe; Rahman, Ahmed S.; Smith, Katherine A.
Education Economics, v30 n1 p3-28 2022
This paper analyzes the effects of assignment to a one-year college preparatory program on academic performance in college. We use a large dataset of United States Naval Academy students from the 1988 to 2018 graduating classes, of which a little over 22% received remediation. Exploiting the Academy's unique admissions criteria, we instrument for pre-college treatment using the number and quality of other applicants originating from the same Congressional district. We find that these pre-college programs promote significant but short-lived improvements in academic grades. They also can encourage students to choose STEM-oriented majors, and promote retention by lowering voluntary exits.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Maryland
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