Community college students’ response to a financial literacy intervention: An exploratory study

Jacob J. Popovich, Cäzilia Loibl, Christopher Zirkle and M. Susie Whittington

International Review of Economics Education, 2020, vol. 34, issue C

Abstract: Community college students report higher financial challenges while in college and experience higher default rates on their student loans when compared to students at 4-year institutions. This study implements a series of short digital learning objects during the Autumn semester at a large, urban community college. The results of pre- and post-intervention surveys show that the intervention increases the financial knowledge of community college students and, if targeted to specific student sub-populations, affects financial attitude as well as budgeting and savings intentions and behaviors. Implications for educators and researchers are discussed.

Keywords: Financial literacy; Community college students; Digital learning objectives; Financial knowledge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iree.2020.100182

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