Long, MarkGoldhaber, DanGratz, Trevor2019-12-192019-12-192019-09-01http://hdl.handle.net/10919/96143Indiana, Oklahoma, and Washington have programs designed to address college enrollment and completion gaps by offering a promise of state-based college financial aid to low-income middle school students in exchange for making a pledge to do well in high school, be a good citizen, not be convicted of a felony, and apply for financial aid to college. Using a triple-difference specification, the authors find that Washington’s College Bound Scholarship shifted enrollment from out-of-state to in-state colleges at which the scholarship could be used. While they find suggestive evidence that the program increased the likelihood of attending a postsecondary institution and attaining a bachelor’s degree within five years of high school, they discuss why the program might be more successful if it did not require students to sign a pledge.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationaleducation, higher--government policyeducational attainmentacademic achievement gapstudent financial aidArticlehttp://edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai19-127.pdf