What High-Achieving Low-Income Students Know About College
基于随机对照试验，研究发现个性化信息干预能改变高成就低收入学生对大学费用、资源、课程等的认知，纠正其错误信息，从而影响其申请和入学决策。
Previous work demonstrates that low-income higher achievers fail to apply to selective colleges despite their being admitted at high rates and receiving financial aid so generous that they pay less than at non-selective schools. The Expanding College Opportunities project, a randomized controlled trial, provides individualized information about colleges' net prices, resources, curricula, students, and outcomes. Our prior study shows that the intervention raises students' applications to, admissions at, enrollment, and progress at selective colleges. Here we use survey data to show that it actually changes students' knowledge and decision-making. We highlight topics on which they are misinformed.