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Castleman, Benjamin L.; Page, Lindsay C. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2013
Higher education officials have long been familiar with the concept of "summer melt," where students who have paid a deposit to attend one college or university instead matriculate at a different institution, usually presumed to be of comparable quality. In previous research, drawing on longitudinal data from various urban school…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Enrollment Trends, Student Attrition, College Applicants