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ERIC Number: ED671034
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Sep
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
Virtual Advising for High-Achieving High School Students. EdWorkingPaper No. 19-126
Oded Gurantz; Matea Pender; Zachary Mabel; Cassandra Larson; Eric Bettinger
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
We examine whether virtual advising -- college counseling using technology to communicate remotely -- increases postsecondary enrollment in selective colleges. We test this approach using a sample of approximately 16,000 high-achieving, low- and middle-income students identified by the College Board and randomly assigned to receive virtual advising from the College Advising Corps. The offer of virtual advising had no impact on overall college enrollment, but increased enrollment in high graduation rate colleges by 2.7 percentage points (5%), with instrumental variable impacts on treated students of 6.1 percentage points. We also find that non-white students who were randomly assigned to a nonwhite adviser exhibited stronger treatment effects.
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test; SAT (College Admission Test)
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