Find the Fit increased the share of Upward Bound students who applied to four or more colleges¶
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Evidence · 1 study · causalr?·q3
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
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q3 i? Participation in Find the Fit increased the share of students who applied to four or more colleges. → Alina Martinez 2018
Evidence¶
Alina Martinez 2018¶
Alina Martinez, Tamara Linkow, Hannah Miller, Amanda Parsad. (2018). Study Snapshot: Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward Bound: Impacts on Steps Toward College. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/study-snapshot-study-of-enhanced-college-advising-in-upward-bound-impacts-on-steps-toward-college
q3 · i? · causal · r?
Key findings from the first report of the Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward Bound state that Find the Fit "Increased the share of students who applied to four or more colleges". No effect size is printed in the snapshot.
"Key findings show that the Find the Fit did the following: Increased the share of students who applied to four or more colleges"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Find the Fit led Upward Bound students to apply to more-selective colleges — related
- Find the Fit led to some changes in advising within Upward Bound and in students' actions related to enrolling in a more selective college — related
- Find the Fit previously shifted application behavior, increasing applications to four or more colleges and to very competitive colleges — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Find the Fit's selectivity shift came with no higher out-of-pocket cost and no increase in dropping out or transferring down — related
- Find the Fit made no significant difference in college persistence into the third year after high school — related
- Find the Fit led about 3 percentage points more students to attend colleges that were at least very competitive immediately after high school — related
- Find the Fit did not affect the share of students completing the FAFSA early — related
- Find the Fit had no impact on the importance students placed on academic quality in choosing a college — related
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Find the Fit increased the share of Upward Bound students who applied to four or more colleges |
description |
Find the Fit increased the share of Upward Bound students who applied to four or more colleges |
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2018 |
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