We evaluate the effects of academic achievement awards for first and second-year college students on a Canadian … 70 for second-year students, but there was no significant effect on overall GPA. Results are somewhat stronger for a …

design. H&R Block tax professionals helped low- to moderate-income families complete the FAFSA, the federal application for …

year grades. A third treatment group combined both interventions. Service take-up rates were much higher for students …

students living in public housing communities where the program was offered to those living in communities where the program …

projects. In all three locations, participation rates quickly rose, to more than 85 percent, even though parents and students …-term incentives to reinforce a minimum degree of mandatory participation. The program began in 2001 for entering Grade 9 students … were required to commit in writing to conditions and high expectations of the program. Comparing students from other …