College Advising at a National Scale: Experimental Evidence from the CollegePoint initiative

Sullivan, ZacharyCastleman, Benjamin L.Bettinger, Eric2019-12-192019-12-192019-09-01http://hdl.handle.net/10919/96090In recognition of the complexity of the college and financial aid application process, and in response to insufficient access to family or school-based counseling among economically-disadvantaged populations, investments at the local, state, and federal level have expanded students’ access to college and financial aid advising. In this paper, the authors report early results from an RCT of College Point, an innovative, national college advising initiative that pursues a technology-enabled approach to provide students with sustained, intensive advising.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationaleducation, higher--government policyeducational attainmentacademic achievement gapstudent financial aidCollege Advising at a National Scale: Experimental Evidence from the CollegePoint initiativeArticlehttps://edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai19-123.pdf