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Sign Me Up: The Factors Predicting Students’ Enrollment in an Early-Commitment Scholarship Program

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Goldhaber, Dan, Long, Mark C., Person, Ann E., Rooklyn, Jordan, Gratz, Trevor·2019·AERA Open
DOI 10.1177/2332858419857703
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We investigate factors influencing student sign-ups for Washington State’s College Bound Scholarship program and consider whether there is scope for the program to change college enrollment expectations. We find that student characteristics associated with signing the scholarship pledge closely parallel characteristics of low-income students who attend 4-year colleges, suggesting that signing the pledge is driven largely by preexisting expectations of college going. We also find evidence that student sign-up rates are lower than have been previously reported, which is important given the perception among program administrators that nearly all eligible students sign up.

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  • Goldhaber, Long, Gratz and Rooklyn (2019) find largely null effects of the Washington College Bound Scholarship program on academic and behavioral outcomes during high school.

    “Using a triple-difference specification, Goldhaber, Long, Gratz and Rooklyn (2019) find largely null effects of the CBS program on academic and behavioral outcomes during high school.”

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    A note in the Discussion and Conclusion reports preliminary triple-difference results with no statistically significant evidence of effects on most listed academic and behavioral outcomes. But it identifies Goldhaber, Long, Gratz, and Rooklyn (2019) as a separate working paper, rather than an analysis conducted in this source; it also notes a marginally significant grade result and a possible effect on incarceration as a young adult. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Goldhaber, D., Long, M. C., Person, A. E., Rooklyn, J., & Gratz, T.
Affiliations
  • University of Washington (US)
  • Mathematica Policy Research (US)
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Venue
AERA Open
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2019-04
Volume
5
Issue
2
ISSN
2332-8584 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1177/2332858419857703
OpenAlex
W2949639677
Cited by
7
References
3
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2026: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1
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3.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • AERA Open (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • VTechWorks (Virginia Tech) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
Funders
U.S. Department of Education (R305A140380)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
  • Social Sciences › Education › School Choice and Performance
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Keywords
student enrollment decisions, low-income students, college access, Washington State

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