Several activities were conducted with sophomores, juniors and seniors during the grant project including:
Using logistic regression and data from the schools, we assessed the impact of certain activities on desired changes in student behavior.
- Improvements in the quality of high school student course selections: The workshop activities driving these changes were the College Costs Estimator service and the Mock College Admissions Case Studies. As an example of the impact, one of the high schools quadrupled its Advanced Placement (AP) enrollments in a three-year period and the Academic Honors Diploma rate increased from 19% to 46% in one year.
- Changes in college enrollment patterns: The workshops that were the primary drivers in affecting college enrollment patterns were the College Costs Estimator service, bus trips to visit colleges, and verbal and written critiques of the first drafts of persuasive personal statements (or essays) for employers, college admission and scholarship consideration.