提高低收入学生的学位获得率：强化指导与大学质量的作用
Increasing Degree Attainment among Low-Income Students: The Role of Intensive Advising and College Quality
American Economic Review · 2025 · [{"name": "A. C. Barr", "affiliation": ["Texas A&M University"]}, {"name": "Benjamin Castleman", "affiliation": ["University of Virginia"]}]
中文摘要
大学学位为低收入学生提供了一条实现经济流动的途径。通过一项结合行政数据与调查数据的多站点随机对照试验，我们证明，在高中和大学阶段提供密集型咨询能够显著提高低收入学生获得学士学位的比例。我们利用咨询前大学偏好的独特数据以及因果森林方法表明，这些收益主要源于初始入学质量的改善。我们的结果表明，与仅关注可负担性的策略相比，针对大学选择的策略可能是提高学位获得率更为有效和高效的手段。(JEL G51, I21, I22, I23)
Abstract
A college degree offers a pathway to economic mobility for low-income students. Using a multisite randomized controlled trial combined with administrative and survey data, we demonstrate that intensive advising during high school and college significantly increases bachelor’s degree attainment among lower-income students. We leverage unique data on preadvising college preferences and causal forest methods to show that these gains are primarily driven by improvements in initial enrollment quality. Our results suggest that strategies targeting college choice may be a more effective and efficient means of increasing degree attainment than those focused solely on affordability. (JEL G51, I21, I22, I23)
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