Can information change preferences for higher education? Evidence from a randomised experiment in Colombia

Gloria L. Bernal, Luz K. Abadia, Sergio Arango, Kristof De Witte

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In the present study, a randomised controlled trial was conducted to investigate the impact of providing information on students’ higher education preferences. These preferences were elicited using a discrete choice experiment. The study included 2652 10th-grade low-income Colombian students, all of whom intended to pursue tertiary education. The findings indicate that students who received basic information about higher education, with a focus on financial aid and tuition costs, exhibited an increased preference for higher-quality institutions and a decreased preference for public institutions. Furthermore, changes in preferences were observed, particularly among females and individuals from the most vulnerable backgrounds. A follow-up was also conducted on the actual choices made by the surveyed individuals, which were documented in administrative records. Despite the limited statistical power, given that only 29.7% of the surveyed individuals ultimately enrolled in higher education, it was found that these actual choices were indeed related to the preferences that had been elicited.

Idioma originalInglés
Número de artículo102417
PublicaciónInternational Journal of Educational Research
Volumen127
DOI
EstadoPublicada - ene. 2024

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