In this study, we develop and implement a text messaging re-enrollment campaign to encourage former community college students to return to college. Former students are randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups that either receives information to simplify the re-enrollment process or receives both information and a one-course tuition waiver. We find that providing information and a one-course tuition waiver to former students increases their likelihood of re-enrollment by 1.5 percentage points (21.1%), enrolling in multiple courses by 0.9 percentage points (16.4%), full-time enrollment by 0.5 percentage points (21.7%), and persistence by 0.6 percentage points (23.1%). This study highlights the importance of targeted interventions that address informational and financial barriers facing former students.

在这项研究中，我们制定并实施了短信重新注册活动，以鼓励前社区大学生重返大学。以前的学生被随机分配到两个治疗组之一，该两个治疗组要么接收信息以简化重新入学过程，要么同时接收信息和一门课程的学费减免。我们发现，向以前的学生提供信息和免除一门课程的学费，可以使他们重新入学的可能性提高1.5个百分点（21.1％），同时参加多门课程的入学率提高0.9个百分点（16.4％），全日制则增加0.5百分比（21.7％）和持久性0.6百分点（23.1％）。这项研究强调了有针对性的干预措施的重要性，这些干预措施可以解决以前学生面临的信息和财务障碍。