Increasing College Persistence with Year-long Parent Mail Communications

Last registered on September 22, 2015

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Increasing College Persistence with Year-long Parent Mail Communications
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0000852
Initial registration date
September 22, 2015

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
September 22, 2015, 6:41 AM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Region

Primary Investigator

Affiliation
Harvard Kennedy School

Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2014-05-21
End date
2015-12-31
Secondary IDs
Abstract
We conduct an RCT in which we send a program of communications by mail to parents of first year college students. The communications suggest specific ways parents can support their child's college success.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Rogers, Todd. 2015. "Increasing College Persistence with Year-long Parent Mail Communications." AEA RCT Registry. September 22. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.852-1.0
Former Citation
Rogers, Todd. 2015. "Increasing College Persistence with Year-long Parent Mail Communications." AEA RCT Registry. September 22. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/852/history/5334
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2014-05-21
Intervention End Date
2015-12-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
• Enrolled at State University for any credits in Fall 2015
• GPA for all enrolled courses in Fall 2014 and Spring 2015
• # of credits earned in Fall 2014 and Spring 2015
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Randomized experiment with two conditions, treatment and control
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
by computer
Randomization Unit
student-level randomization
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
Treatment (N=558) 14 letters to parents of first-year students during 2014-15 academic year
Control (N=565) No letters to parents
Sample size: planned number of observations
1123
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
Treatment (N=558) 14 letters to parents of first-year students during 2014-15 academic year
Control (N=565) No letters to parents
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Harvard IRB
IRB Approval Date
2014-06-17
IRB Approval Number
IRB14-2342
Analysis Plan

Analysis Plan Documents

pre-analysis plan

MD5: a9b01bc439b542cdb8598f1960c0654d

SHA1: c11c943d1b81db0df72dbeb2589532a4b530051b

Uploaded At: September 22, 2015

Post-Trial

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

Program Files
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Reports & Other Materials