"EASEing Students into College: The Impact of Multidimensional Support for Underprepared Students"3/8/2018
AERA 2018 Annual Meeting: “The Dreams, Possibilities, and Necessity of Public Education”
April 13-17, 2018 New York Title: "EASEing Students into College: The Impact of Multidimensional Support for Underprepared Students" Authors: Sabrina Solanki, Di Xu, Peter McPartlan, Brian Sato Abstract This paper estimates the causal effects of a first-year cohort program provided to freshmen majored in Biological Sciences at a large public Hispanic-serving institution, using a regression discontinuity design based on the fact that students are assigned to the program with math SAT score below a threshold. Our preliminary results indicate that the program significantly increased students’ grades in core college-level courses, as well as boosted students’ sense of belongingness to the collegiate environment. These promising results provide compelling evidence that cohort programs can provide effective support to at-risk populations when implemented with high level of fidelity. Comments are closed.
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