scores rightward, moving students into higher quartiles of the state SAT score distribution. Boston's charter high schools … on overall college enrollment is modest. The increase in four-year enrollment is concentrated among four-year public …

students receiving BA/BS degrees in 1993. We estimate differences in these outcomes across individual/family background …

received: randomly assigned aid offers increased aid received markedly. This in turn appears to have boosted enrollment and … admissions rates) generated the largest gains in enrollment and persistence, while effects were much smaller for applicants …-low college attendance to ʽlevel up,ʼ largely equalizing enrollment and persistence rates with traditionally college-bound peers …

One justification for public support of higher education is that prospective students, particularly those from …, students may also lack information about what they need to do academically to prepare for and successfully complete college …. Yet until recently, college aid programs have typically paid little attention to students' information constraints, and …

students from different types of backgrounds. We combine administrative and archival data from Chile with score … status. Our findings suggest a role for policies that guide students toward higher-return degrees, such as targeted loans and … better college preparation for students from low-income backgrounds. …

connected decisions: students' application behavior, admission decisions by the university, students' enrollment choices …The Texas 10% law states that students who graduated among the top 10% of their high school class are guaranteed … conditional on admission; as well as the resulting college achievement. We identify these effects by comparing students just above …

, heightened confusion among students and parents, and raised concerns about how program rules may interact. In this article, we … of program eligibility and delivery appears to moderate the impact of aid, and for students who have already decided to … students. …