Bottom Line cost profile of approximately $6,000 per student over five to six years¶

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Description¶

The report provides a preliminary list of cost ingredients for implementing Bottom Line, covering personnel, facilities, equipment and materials, and direct assistance. The total cost per student receiving intensive advising through the Access and Success programs is approximately $6,000 over a five- to six-year period, paid by Bottom Line, with target colleges providing facilities access and students and families incurring no costs.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Standard IT equipment such as computers, phones, printers, and photocopiers for staff is required.

Constraints¶

• The cost list is explicitly not exhaustive and is based on information available as of August 2020.

Target Learners¶

• Low-income and first-generation high school and college students

Target Learning Goals¶

• College enrollment, persistence, and career readiness

Affordances¶

• Bottom Line College Advising Program

Related Elements¶

• Cost profile of Success Boston Coaching: $5,762 per student during scale-up, decreasing to $3,037
• FLIGHT cost profile and funding model
• Implementation cost profile of linked learning community programs

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• What Works Clearinghouse, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (2021). Bottom Line. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/714