Diffusion of Common Application Membership and Admissions Outcomes at American Colleges and Universities. NBER Working Paper No. 13175

Autor/inn/en	Liu, Albert Yung-Hsu; Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; Mrdjenovic, Jesenka
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA.
Titel	Diffusion of Common Application Membership and Admissions Outcomes at American Colleges and Universities. NBER Working Paper No. 13175
Quelle	(2007) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Colleges; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Group Membership; SAT (College Admission Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Gruppenzugehörigkeit
Abstract	We study the adoption of Common Application membership by private four-year postsecondary institutions and its role in explaining the growth in undergraduate applications. Using data from the College Board's Annual Survey of Colleges, our estimation of proportional hazard models suggest that institutions respond to the net benefit of adoption. We estimate that membership increases applications by 5.7 to 7.0 percent and decreases yield rates by 2.8 to 3.9 percent. Acceptance rates decrease for members when their local networks are large. Membership is also associated with a decline in SAT scores and an increase in the percentage of students of color. Finally, falsification tests indicate that membership effects occur as a one-time adoption shock that persists thereafter. (As Provided).
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