Bottom Line

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Evidence · 4 claims (2 for, 2 mixed) · 1 study (1 causal), q3 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description

Bottom Line is an intensive advising programme run by Bottom Line that supports primarily low-income, first-generation students with college applications, financial aid, college choice, and postsecondary persistence.

Components

• Bottom Line college advising program (Access and Success components): Bottom Line is an intensive advising program for low-income students, most of whom are the first in their family to go to college. It includes Bottom Line Access for high school juniors and seniors, using the "LEAD Model (Lists, Essays, Applications, Decisions)" to guide application, financial aid, and college selection, and Bottom Line Success, which provides campus-based advising at target colleges for up to six years using the DEAL model covering Degree, Employability, Affordability, and Life supports. (What Works Clearinghouse et al. (2021))

Claims

• Comparison-group students in the Bottom Line study accessed existing advising and nearly all applied to college and for financial aid [~M]
• The effects of Bottom Line are not known for outcome domains other than college enrollment and progressing in college [~W]
• Bottom Line increases enrollment in a four-year college among low-income high school students [+W]
• Bottom Line increases progression in college (continuous enrollment for three semesters after high school) [+W]

Related Products and Programmes

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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

Page metadata

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title	Bottom Line
description	Bottom Line is an intensive advising programme run by Bottom Line that supports primarily low-income, first-generation students with college applications, financial aid, college choice, and postsecondary persistence.
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generated	by process:sweep-kinds on 2026-10-10
trust	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
sources	1 — what-works-clearinghouse-2021

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