Changing College Choices with Personalized Admissions Information at Scale: Evidence on Naviance

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Mulhern, Christine
• 署名单位: Harvard University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/708839
• 发表日期: 2021
• 页码: 219-262
• 关键词: regression discontinuity designs; enrollment; ECONOMICS; QUALITY; aid

摘要

Choosing where to apply to college is a complex problem with long-term consequences, but many students lack the guidance necessary to make optimal choices. I show that a technology that provides low-cost personalized college admissions information to more than 40% of high schoolers significantly alters college choices. Students shift applications and attendance to colleges for which they can observe information on schoolmates' admissions experiences. Responses are largest when such information suggests a high admissions probability. Disadvantaged students respond the most, and information on in-state colleges increases their 4-year college attendance. Data features and framing, however, deter students from selective colleges.