Can Text Messages Mitigate Summer Melt?

Autor/inn/en	Castleman, Benjamin L.; Page, Lindsay C.
Titel	Can Text Messages Mitigate Summer Melt?
Quelle	In: New England Journal of Higher Education, (2013) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1938-5978
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Enrollment Trends; Student Attrition; College Applicants; Enrollment Management; Prompting; Student Responsibility; Disadvantaged; Low Income Groups; Urban Schools; High School Graduates; Cost Effectiveness; Handheld Devices; Written Language; Telecommunications; Program Effectiveness; Access to Information; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Schülerbeurlaubung; College applications; Studienbewerber; Benutzerführung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Geschriebene Sprache; Telekommunikationstechnik; USA
Abstract	Higher education officials have long been familiar with the concept of "summer melt," where students who have paid a deposit to attend one college or university instead matriculate at a different institution, usually presumed to be of comparable quality. In previous research, drawing on longitudinal data from various urban school districts throughout the U.S. as well as from a nationally representative survey, the authors document summer attrition rates ranging from 10% to 40% among high school graduates who had been accepted to college and who had indicated their intentions to enroll in college as of graduation. Summer melt is particularly pronounced among students from disadvantaged backgrounds. This article discusses why text messaging is a promising approach to improve students' access to high-quality, accurate college information and to connect them to professional support when they need assistance. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10