Bottom Line
Solution types
Mentoring
Problems addressed
Low educational/academic performance
Effectiveness

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Promising

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Life periods served
Teenagers (14 to 17 years)
Where the program was applied
Education establishment
Country of application
United States
Description

This is a university counseling program for low-income high school students who represent the first generation of their family to enter higher education. The aim is to guarantee four years of access to higher education.
The program assigns a counselor to each student to monitor them for six years as they enter university. The advisors offer individualized mentoring and guidance on entering university.

Impact evaluations

An impact evaluation showed that participants were statistically more likely to enroll in higher education, were also enrolled in more total semesters, and were more likely to be continuously enrolled in college [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Barr, A. & Castleman, B. (2017). The Bottom Line on College Counseling. http://people.tamu.edu/~abarr/BL_shell_10_17_2017.pdf

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