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Tuesday, January 15, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2:00pm – 3:00pm<\/p>\n Norman Hall 2-240<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.4″ custom_margin=”0px|||” custom_padding=”0px|||”]<\/p>\n Socioeconomic inequalities in college completion have widened over time. A critical question is how to support low-income and first-generation students to achieve college success. We investigate one effort, the Dell Scholars Program, which provides a combination of financial support and individualized advising to selected students who attend institutions throughout the US. Using two quasi-experimental analytic strategies, regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences with a matched comparison sample, we find consistent evidence that being selected as a Dell Scholar leads to substantially higher rates of bachelor\u2019s degree completion within six years as well improvements on multiple other measures of college success.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”\/eprc\/seminar-series” button_text=”Return to Seminar Series Page” _builder_version=”3.19.4″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”16px” button_text_color=”#1b3664″ button_border_radius=”0px” button_letter_spacing=”1px” button_font=”|600||on|||||” custom_margin=”0px||”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tuesday, January 15, 2019 | 2:00pm \u2013 3:00pm | Norman Hall 2-240<\/strong><\/p>\n Socioeconomic inequalities in college completion have widened over time. A critical question is how to support low-income and first-generation students to achieve college success. We investigate one effort, the Dell Scholars Program, which provides a combination of financial support and individualized advising to selected students who attend institutions throughout the US. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":306,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nMore than Dollars for Scholars: The Impact of the Dell Scholars Program on College Access, Persistence and Degree Attainment<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n