College Enrollment and Completion among Nationally Recognized High-Achieving Hispanic Students

Autor/inn/en	Gurantz, Oded; Hurwitz, Michael; Smith, Jonathan
Titel	College Enrollment and Completion among Nationally Recognized High-Achieving Hispanic Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 36 (2017) 1, S.126-153 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0276-8739
DOI	10.1002/pam.21962
Schlagwörter	Enrollment; Graduation; Hispanic American Students; High Achievement; High School Students; Aptitude Tests; High Schools; College Entrance Examinations; College Attendance; Program Effectiveness; Recognition (Achievement); College Choice; Geographic Distribution; Grade 11; Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test; National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Einschulung; Abschluss; Graduierung; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Aptitude test; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Aufnahmeprüfung; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Soziale Anerkennung; Studienortwahl; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Scholarship; Scholarships; Assessment; Stipendium; Hochschulzulassung
Abstract	Hispanic high school graduates have lower college completion rates than academically similar white students. As Hispanic students have been theorized to be more constrained in the college search and selection process, one potential policy lever is to increase the set of colleges to which these students apply and attend. In this paper, we investigate the impacts of the College Board's National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP), which recognizes the highest-scoring 11th-grade Hispanic students on the PSAT/NMSQT, as a mechanism of improving college choice and completion. The program not only informs students about their relative ability, but it also enables colleges to identify, recruit, and offer enrollment incentives. Overall, we find that the program has strong effects on college attendance patterns, shifting students from two-year to four-year institutions, as well as to colleges that are out-of-state and public flagships, all areas where Hispanic attendance has lagged. NHRP shifts the geographic distribution of where students earn their degree, and increases overall bachelor's completion among Hispanic students who traditionally have had lower rates of success. These results demonstrate that college outreach can have significant impacts on the enrollment choices of Hispanic students and can serve as a policy lever for colleges looking to draw academically talented students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01