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Clayton, Ashley B.; Umbach, Paul D. – Review of Higher Education, 2020
This study uses a series of panel models to explore the effect of North Carolina (NC) College Application Week (CAW) and free college applications during that week on the number of applications colleges receive and number of low-income students who matriculate. Our models suggest that NC saw an increase in applications and low-income student…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Low Income Students, Enrollment, Access to Education
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Clayton, Ashley B. – Review of Higher Education, 2019
This multiple case study examined the experiences and practices of college advising professionals from several in-school models to help inform future policy on college advising in public high schools. The experiences of the college advising professionals were unique to the college advising initiative and high school context where the professional…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Choice, Faculty Advisers, Public Schools
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Means, Darris R.; Clayton, Ashley B.; Conzelmann, Johnathan G.; Baynes, Patti; Umbach, Paul D. – Review of Higher Education, 2016
This qualitative case study explores the career and educational aspirations, college choice process, and college barriers and opportunities of 26 rural, African American high school students. Data included interviews with 26 students and 11 school staff members. Findings suggest that the students' rural context shapes aspirations. In addition,…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Rural Schools, High School Students, African American Students