College Advising at a National Scale: Experimental Evidence from the CollegePoint Initiative. EdWorkingPaper No. 19-123

Autor/inn/en	Sullivan, Zach; Castleman, Ben; Lohner, Gabrielle; Bettinger, Eric
Institution	Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Titel	College Advising at a National Scale: Experimental Evidence from the CollegePoint Initiative. EdWorkingPaper No. 19-123
Quelle	(2021), (56 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Advising; College Applicants; Low Income Students; COVID-19; Pandemics; Program Effectiveness; Computer Mediated Communication; Program Evaluation; Enrollment; Tennessee + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akademischer Rat; College applications; Studienbewerber; Computerkonferenz; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Einschulung
Abstract	In-person college advising programs generate large improvements in college persistence and success for low-income students but face numerous barriers to scale. Remote advising models offer a promising strategy to address informational and assistance barriers facing the substantial majority of low-income students who do not have access to community-based advising, yet the existing evidence base on the efficacy of remote advising is limited. We present a comprehensive, multi-cohort experimental evaluation of CollegePoint, a national remote college advising program for high-achieving low- and moderate-income students. Students assigned to CollegePoint are modestly more likely (1.3 percentage points) to attend higher-quality institutions. Results from mechanism experiments we conducted within CollegePoint indicate that moderate changes to the program model, such as a longer duration of advising and modest expansions of the pool of students academically eligible to participate, do not lead to larger program effects. We also capitalize on across-cohort variation in whether students were affected by COVID-19 to investigate whether social distancing required by the pandemic increased the value of remote advising. CollegePoint increased attendance at higher-quality institutions by 3.2 percentage points for the COVID-19-affected cohort. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01