Group workshop counseling is the most cost-effective option, with the lowest cost per academic plan completed¶
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q3 i? Cost per academic plan completed was $70 for the workshop group, $109 for the one-on-one group, and $126 for the control group, making the workshop the lowest-cost option per desired outcome. → Visher 2016
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Visher 2016¶
Visher, M. G., Mayer, A. K., Johns, M., Rudd, T., Levine, A., and Rauner, M. (2016). Scaling academic planning in community college: A randomized controlled trial (REL 2017–204). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory West. http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs
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Cost-effectiveness analysis using Saddleback College expenditure data and California State Controller salary information, in 2014 dollars. Table 3 prints per-student costs of $27 (workshop), $46 (one-on-one), $24 (control) and cost per plan completed of $70, $109, and $126; the article concludes "the workshop group is the most cost-effective counseling group (lowest cost per desired outcome)."
"The workshop group had a lower cost per student outcome than the one-on-one group and a similar cost per student outcome to the control group."
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Related Claims¶
- Guaranteed one-on-one counseling with nudging increases academic plan completion by about 23 percentage points over control — related
- Workshop and one-on-one counseling with nudging show no significant difference in session attendance or academic plan completion, though the comparison is exploratory — related
- Guaranteed workshop counseling with nudging increases academic plan completion by about 20 percentage points over a business-as-usual control group — related
- Nudging plus guaranteed counseling increases the percentage of students who schedule and attend counseling appointments — related
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