Summer nudging: Can personalized text messages and peer mentor outreach increase college going among low-income high school graduates? BL Castleman, LC Page Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 115, 144-160, 2015 | 620 | 2015 |
Looking beyond enrollment: The causal effect of need-based grants on college access, persistence, and graduation BL Castleman, BT Long Journal of Labor Economics 34 (4), 1023-1073, 2016 | 585 | 2016 |
Freshman year financial aid nudges: An experiment to increase FAFSA renewal and college persistence BL Castleman, LC Page Journal of Human Resources 51 (2), 389-415, 2016 | 366 | 2016 |
A trickle or a torrent? Understanding the extent of summer “melt” among college‐intending high school graduates BL Castleman, LC Page Social Science Quarterly 95 (1), 202-220, 2014 | 245 | 2014 |
Nudging at scale: Experimental evidence from FAFSA completion campaigns KA Bird, BL Castleman, JT Denning, J Goodman, C Lamberton, ... Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 183, 105-128, 2021 | 240 | 2021 |
The forgotten summer: Does the offer of college counseling after high school mitigate summer melt among college‐intending, low‐income high school graduates? BL Castleman, LC Page, K Schooley Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 33 (2), 320-344, 2014 | 240* | 2014 |
Stemming the tide of summer melt: An experimental study of the effects of post-high school summer intervention on low-income students’ college enrollment BL Castleman, K Arnold, KL Wartman Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness 5 (1), 1-17, 2012 | 185 | 2012 |
More than dollars for scholars: The impact of the Dell Scholars Program on college access, persistence, and degree attainment LC Page, SS Kehoe, BL Castleman, GA Sahadewo Journal of Human Resources 54 (3), 683-725, 2019 | 171* | 2019 |
Negative impacts from the shift to online learning during the COVID-19 crisis: Evidence from a statewide community college system KA Bird, BL Castleman, G Lohner Aera Open 8, 23328584221081220, 2022 | 159* | 2022 |
Customized nudging to improve FAFSA completion and income verification LC Page, BL Castleman, K Meyer Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 42 (1), 3-21, 2020 | 139 | 2020 |
Intensive college counseling and the enrollment and persistence of low-income students B Castleman, J Goodman Education Finance and Policy 13 (1), 19-41, 2018 | 130 | 2018 |
The summer flood: The invisible gap among low-income students K Arnold, S Fleming, M DeAnda, B Castleman, KL Wartman Thought & Action 25, 23-34, 2009 | 123 | 2009 |
Summer melt: Supporting low-income students through the transition to college BL Castleman, LC Page Harvard Education Press, 2020 | 111 | 2020 |
Here today, gone tomorrow? Investigating rates and patterns of financial aid renewal among college freshmen K Bird, BL Castleman Research in Higher Education 57, 395-422, 2016 | 106 | 2016 |
Parental influences on postsecondary decision making: Evidence from a text messaging experiment BL Castleman, LC Page Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 39 (2), 361-377, 2017 | 95 | 2017 |
Can financial aid help to address the growing need for STEM education? The effects of need‐based grants on the completion of science, technology, engineering, and math courses … BL Castleman, BT Long, Z Mabel Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 37 (1), 136-166, 2018 | 82 | 2018 |
Stay late or start early? Experimental evidence on the benefits of college matriculation support from high schools versus colleges BL Castleman, L Owen, LC Page Economics of Education Review 47, 168-179, 2015 | 76 | 2015 |
Can text message nudges improve academic outcomes in college? Evidence from a West Virginia initiative BL Castleman, KE Meyer The Review of Higher Education 43 (4), 1125-1165, 2020 | 75 | 2020 |
An engine of economic opportunity: Intensive advising, college success, and social mobility A Barr, B Castleman Texas A\&M Working Paper, 2018 | 70* | 2018 |
Decision making for student success BL Castleman, S Schwartz, S Baum Taylor & Francis, 2015 | 67 | 2015 |