Replication data for: What High-Achieving Low-Income Students Know about College

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Caroline M. Hoxby; Sarah Turner

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Project Description

Summary: Previous work demonstrates that low-income higher achievers fail to apply to selective colleges despite their being admitted at high rates and receiving financial aid so generous that they pay less than at non-selective schools. The Expanding College Opportunities project, a randomized controlled trial, provides individualized information about colleges' net prices, resources, curricula, students, and outcomes. Our prior study shows that the intervention raises students' applications to, admissions at, enrollment, and progress at selective colleges. Here we use survey data to show that it actually changes students' knowledge and decision-making. We highlight topics on which they are misinformed.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
      D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
      I22 Educational Finance; Financial Aid
      I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions

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V1 [2019-10-12]

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