Stay late or start early? Experimental evidence on the benefits of college matriculation support from high schools versus colleges

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 168-179

  Castleman, Benjamin L ^a   Owen, Laura ^b   Page, Lindsay C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

College access; High school university partnership; Randomized controlled trial; Summer melt

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; HIGHER EDUCATION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84934967755     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2015.05.010     Document Type: Article

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