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JILAEE Seminar. Andy Brownback (University of Arkansas)

  • Ucema 775 Reconquista San Nicolás, CABA, C1003 Argentina (map)

ABSTRACT: We experimentally examine whether a policy targeting college summer school enrollment can accelerate degree progress and completion. We randomly assign summer scholarships to community college students and find a large impact on degree acceleration, increasing graduation within one year of the intervention by 32% and transfers to four-year colleges by 58%. We elicit preferences for the scholarships and find substantial treatment effects on enrollment, graduation, and transfer among students with a preference against summer school. These results suggest that many more students could benefit from summer school than the minority who currently enroll.

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JILAEE Seminar. Catherine Michaud-Leclerc