Federal Policy Efforts to Simplify College-Going: An Intervention in Community College Enrollment and Borrowing

Kelly Ochs Rosinger

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2017, vol. 671, issue 1, 114-131

Abstract: Over the past decade, the federal government has made substantial efforts to simplify the college-going process and help students to evaluate college choices. These low-cost strategies aimed at improving college access and success by helping students to make informed decisions about college warrant assessment. This study examines the impact of a recent effort aimed at simplifying information that colleges provide to students about college costs, loan options, and college outcomes. Results from a quasi-experimental analysis indicate that the “informational intervention†in this study had limited influence on community college students’ enrollment and borrowing decisions. I discuss the limitations of this particular intervention and the potential impact that other related policy efforts designed to help students at various points in the college-going process may have.

Keywords: postsecondary education; community college; student debt; college outcomes; quasi-experimental methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716217698664

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