Addressing nonfinancial barriers to college access and success: Evidence and policy implications

S Dynarski, A Nurshatayeva, LC Page… - Handbook of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nonfinancial barriers to college are an important possible explanation for socioeconomic,
racial, gender, and other gaps in college access and success. A sizeable economic …

Framing effects, earnings expectations, and the design of student loan repayment schemes

KG Abraham, E Filiz-Ozbay, EY Ozbay… - Journal of Public …, 2020 - Elsevier
Income-driven student loan repayment (IDR) plans provide protection against unaffordable
loan payments and default by linking loan payments to borrower's earnings. Despite the …

Information use and attention deferment in college student loan decisions: Evidence from a debt letter experiment

R Darolia, C Harper - Educational Evaluation and Policy …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
A prominent concern is that college students are harming their long-term economic
prospects by making student loan decisions without full information about the implications of …

The effect of reduced student loan borrowing on academic performance and default: Evidence from a loan counseling experiment

A Barr, KA Bird, BL Castleman - Journal of Public Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Student loan borrowing for higher education has emerged as a top policy concern. We
conducted an experiment to evaluate the impact of an outreach campaign that prompted …

Who do College Students Turn to for Financial Aid and Student Loan Advice, and is it Advice Worth Following?

CE Harper, L Scheese, E Zhou… - Journal of Student …, 2021 - ir.library.louisville.edu
In this article, we examine the sources of information that college students turn to as they
make decisions related to financial aid and student loans. Based on interview data from 25 …

Advising for College Success: A Systematic Review of the Evidence.

A Feygin, T Miller, E Bettinger, M Dell - College Completion Network, 2022 - ERIC
The College Completion Network conducted a systematic review of the research on advising
strategies that support college completion. Several key findings can inform policy and …

Admission mechanisms and the mismatch between colleges and students: Evidence from a large administrative dataset from China

S Bo, J Liu, JL Shiu, Y Song, S Zhou - Economics of Education Review, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper provides empirical evidence on how China's transition from the Boston
mechanism to the Chinese parallel mechanism (a simplified version of the Deferred …

The influence of religious belief and psychological factors on borrowing behaviour among Malaysian public sector employees

NS Mahdzan, R Zainudin, MS Shaari - Asia-Pacific Journal of …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study investigates the borrowing behaviour of public sector employees in
Malaysia by focusing on religious belief and psychological factors. The first objective of the …

Building financial and health literacy at older ages: the role of online information

H Bavafa, J Liu, A Mukherjee - Journal of Consumer Affairs, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Improving financial and health literacy is an important step in reducing economic
vulnerability in older age, yet the means by which individuals accumulate these types of …

Evaluating the Short-term Causal Effect of Early Alert on Student Performance

AR de Oliveira - Research in Higher Education, 2024 - Springer
A little less than half of the students of higher Ed institutions in the US graduate in four years,
and only around 60% finish in six years. Retention rates are also less than ideal. Colleges …