<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Page, Lindsay C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kehoe, Stacy S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Castleman, Benjamin L.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sahadewo, Gumilang A.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">More than Dollars for Scholars: The Impact of the Dell Scholars Program on College Access, Persistence and Degree Attainment</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Human Resources</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017-12-05 13:18:39</style></date></pub-dates></dates><elocation-id><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0516-7935r1</style></elocation-id><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3368/jhr.54.3.0516.7935R1</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%"></style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%"></style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Socioeconomic inequalities in college completion have widened over time. A critical question is how to support low-income and first-generation students to achieve college success. We investigate one effort, the Dell Scholars Program, which provides a combination of financial support and individualized advising to selected students who attend institutions throughout the US. Using two quasi-experimental analytic strategies, regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences with a matched comparison sample, we find consistent evidence that being selected as a Dell Scholar leads to substantially higher rates of bachelor’s degree completion within six years as well improvements on multiple other measures of college success.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>