Minding the Gap: Academic Outcomes from Pre-College Programs

Autor/inn/en	Kotlikoff, Phoebe; Rahman, Ahmed S.; Smith, Katherine A.
Titel	Minding the Gap: Academic Outcomes from Pre-College Programs
Quelle	In: Education Economics, 30 (2022) 1, S.3-28 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-5292
DOI	10.1080/09645292.2021.1931664
Schlagwörter	College Preparation; Outcomes of Education; Academic Achievement; Military Schools; College Graduates; Undergraduate Students; Remedial Instruction; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Schulleistung; Militärschule; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Förderkurs
Abstract	This paper analyzes the effects of assignment to a one-year college preparatory program on academic performance in college. We use a large dataset of United States Naval Academy students from the 1988 to 2018 graduating classes, of which a little over 22% received remediation. Exploiting the Academy's unique admissions criteria, we instrument for pre-college treatment using the number and quality of other applicants originating from the same Congressional district. We find that these pre-college programs promote significant but short-lived improvements in academic grades. They also can encourage students to choose STEM-oriented majors, and promote retention by lowering voluntary exits. (As Provided).
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